TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
6 days ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
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An indispensable organization
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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A Strange Defeat.
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Inside the Catholic State
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TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
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9 months ago
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
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TheCollector
Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
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Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
2 months ago
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JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
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TheCollector
Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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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
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A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
TheCollector
7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
TheCollector
9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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TheCollector
Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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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?
TheCollector
The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
10 months ago
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TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Classical Wisdom
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Free Will Vs Determinism
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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What Was the First Written Language?
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History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
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TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
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Should you meet your heroes?
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
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History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
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a year ago
France’s Long March Against Racism
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Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
TheCollector
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
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History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
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TheCollector
What Is Populism?
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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TheCollector
Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
11 months ago
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TheCollector
The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
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TheCollector
Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
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TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
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History Today Feed
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
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
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TheCollector
Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Who Was George Hodel?
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TheCollector
Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
TheCollector
Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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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....
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
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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TheCollector
What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
a week ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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TheCollector
6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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TheCollector
5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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TheCollector
What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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3 months ago
African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
a month ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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TheCollector
6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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TheCollector
1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
TheCollector
Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
4 days ago
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
TheCollector
The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
10 months ago
History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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a year ago
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
TheCollector
Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
TheCollector
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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7 months ago
CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
TheCollector
Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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9 months ago
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
TheCollector
Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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
Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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a month ago
African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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2 weeks ago
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
2 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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a year ago
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...
10 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
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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a year ago
TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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7 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
a week ago
Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Jim Crow?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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a year ago
TheCollector
HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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11 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
3 weeks ago
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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