Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
8 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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TheCollector
Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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Trying to Understand...
Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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TheCollector
An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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TheCollector
What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
6 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
Open Culture
The Story of How Quentin Tarantino Became a Filmmaker and Created Pulp Fiction, as Told by Quentin...
For a film, explained a young Quentin Tarantino in one interview, “the real test of time isn’t the...
yesterday
For a film, explained a young Quentin Tarantino in one interview, “the real test of time isn’t the Friday that it opens. It’s how the film is thought of thirty years from now.” It just so happens that Pulp Fiction, which made Tarantino the most celebrated director in America...
TheCollector
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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TheCollector
Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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TheCollector
5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Aboriginal Australia: The World’s Oldest Culture
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TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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TheCollector
How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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TheCollector
Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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TheCollector
What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
4 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
TheCollector
Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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TheCollector
What Are the Ethical Values of Gen Z?
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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...
a year 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...
TheCollector
Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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TheCollector
5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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TheCollector
5 Famous Black Mexicans
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Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
11 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
TheCollector
Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
4 months ago
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
TheCollector
8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
2 months ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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TheCollector
Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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TheCollector
How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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TheCollector
Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
10 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
TheCollector
4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
8 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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TheCollector
Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
a month ago
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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TheCollector
Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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TheCollector
The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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TheCollector
When Did the Korean War Start?
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TheCollector
Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
5 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
8 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
a year ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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TheCollector
UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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TheCollector
What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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4 months ago
African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
2 months ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
7 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
7 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
a month ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
a month ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
a year ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
a month ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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TheCollector
What Does the New Testament Say About Hell?
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TheCollector
What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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TheCollector
Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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TheCollector
How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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TheCollector
What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
TheCollector
Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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TheCollector
Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
TheCollector
10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
11 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
11 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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TheCollector
Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
9 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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11 months 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,...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
5 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
4 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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5 months ago
Open Culture
The Night When Miles Davis Opened for the Grateful Dead (1970)
What’s that, you ask? Did Miles Davis open for the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore West? In what world...
a week ago
What’s that, you ask? Did Miles Davis open for the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore West? In what world could such a thing happen? In the world of the late sixties/early seventies, when jazz fused with acid rock, acid rock with country, and pop culture took a long strange trip. The...
TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
a month ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
TheCollector
Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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a year ago
African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
2 months ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
6 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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
11 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
7 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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TheCollector
The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
a month ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
TheCollector
Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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TheCollector
The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
11 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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TheCollector
The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
3 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
a month ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
a year ago
Art of the Hellenistic Period
TheCollector
Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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TheCollector
Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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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...
3 weeks ago
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...
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Important Jewish Philosophers of the Medieval Period?
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
11 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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TheCollector
Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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TheCollector
The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
8 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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6 Famous Musicians at the Center of Big Mysteries
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History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
11 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
over a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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TheCollector
What Is Second Timothy About?
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TheCollector
Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
10 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Rigoberta Menchú: Fighting for Indigenous Rights in Guatemala
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
12 months ago
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
TheCollector
The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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TheCollector
Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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a year ago
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
10 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
TheCollector
What Was the Political Significance of the Comintern?
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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11 months ago
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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a year ago
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
7 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
9 months ago
TheCollector
1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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a year ago
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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3 months ago
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
5 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
Open Culture
Fred Armisen & Bill Hader’s Comedic Take on the History of Simon and Garfunkel
During their days filming Documentary Now!, a mockumentary series that aired on IFC, Fred Armisen...
2 days ago
During their days filming Documentary Now!, a mockumentary series that aired on IFC, Fred Armisen and Bill Hader teamed up and created a fictionalized “history” of Simon and Garfunkel, telling the “real” story behind the making of “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “Mrs....
TheCollector
Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
3 weeks ago
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year reflection on the state of the project, along with a brief ‘what’s on the stove’ coverage of what may be coming up. Also, here’s a cat picture: In terms of the project itself, 2024 was,...
TheCollector
Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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TheCollector
Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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a year ago
TheCollector
Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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a year ago
TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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a month ago
TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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3 months ago
Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
3 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
a year ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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5 months ago
TheCollector
History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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9 months ago
TheCollector
6 Facts About Ilya Repin You Should Know
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History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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a year ago
TheCollector
King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
7 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
10 months ago
You don't need to know that.
TheCollector
Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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8 months ago
Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
4 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
TheCollector
What Was the 1925 Serum Run to Nome?
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TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
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2 weeks ago
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
9 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
TheCollector
5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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8 months ago
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 …...
History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
3 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
TheCollector
12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
2 months ago
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
a year ago
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
TheCollector
Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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a year ago
African History...
The pre-Islamic civilizations of west Africa
While West Africa has been part of the Muslim world since the late Middle Ages, as famously...
2 weeks ago
While West Africa has been part of the Muslim world since the late Middle Ages, as famously demonstrated by the golden pilgrimage of Mali's Mansa Musa in 1324, Islam had only arrived in the region at the close of the 1st millennium.
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
10 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
TheCollector
How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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11 months ago
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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7 months ago
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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a year ago
Open Culture
Watch Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting from Start to Finish: Every Episode from 31 Seasons in...
Bob Ross the man died nearly thirty years ago, but Bob Ross the archetypal TV painter has never been...
a week ago
Bob Ross the man died nearly thirty years ago, but Bob Ross the archetypal TV painter has never been more widely known. “With his distinctive hair, gentle voice, and signature expressions such as ‘happy little trees,’ he’s an enduring icon,” writes Michael J. Mooney in an...
TheCollector
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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a year ago
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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