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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
TheCollector
Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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6 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
a month ago
TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
TheCollector
How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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TheCollector
10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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a month 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
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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9 months ago
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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a year ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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TheCollector
6 Micronations You Should Know
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
2 weeks ago
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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...
TheCollector
How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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a week ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
3 weeks ago
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
a month ago
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
TheCollector
Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
TheCollector
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias?
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
a year ago
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
TheCollector
Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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a year ago
TheCollector
Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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a year ago
TheCollector
Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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2 months ago
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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6 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
4 weeks ago
The Great Migration to Bluesky
TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
TheCollector
Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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a month ago
TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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5 months ago
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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TheCollector
7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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TheCollector
Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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TheCollector
Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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a year ago
TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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7 months ago
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
TheCollector
What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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a month ago
History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
a week ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 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
What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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a week ago
TheCollector
Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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11 months ago
TheCollector
8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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8 months ago
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