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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
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The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
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My interview with "Atlantico"
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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The Birth of Ovid
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
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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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
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This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
TheCollector
The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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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...
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
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At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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Magna Graecia
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
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the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
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Patterns in Humanity
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First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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Books To Help Us Understand The World?
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Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
TheCollector
The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Devant la guerre
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On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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TheCollector
How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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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.
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Hundred Rabbits
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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The Missile Will Always Get Through.
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
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This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Classical Wisdom
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Tolkien and Plato
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Continue Reading
TheCollector
The History of Appalachia & Its People
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Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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“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...
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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TheCollector
Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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TheCollector
History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
a year ago
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
TheCollector
How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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TheCollector
Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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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...
2 weeks 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.
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How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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TheCollector
5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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TheCollector
Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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TheCollector
What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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a year ago
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
2 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
TheCollector
The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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a year ago
African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
TheCollector
1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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a year ago
Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
5 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
7 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
TheCollector
Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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a year ago
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...
3 months ago
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...
TheCollector
How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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11 months ago
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
TheCollector
Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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a year ago
weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
TheCollector
6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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TheCollector
Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
2 weeks ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
TheCollector
How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
TheCollector
Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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9 months ago
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
D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What is the Eye of Ra?
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a year ago
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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TheCollector
How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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7 months ago
TheCollector
6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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4 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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7 months ago
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
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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2 months ago
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
a week ago
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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TheCollector
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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a year ago
African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
a month ago
American polarisation: part 2
TheCollector
Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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a year ago
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