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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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7 months ago
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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2 months ago
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
7 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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7 months ago
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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3 months ago
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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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12 months ago
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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a year ago
Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
a month ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
TheCollector
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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9 months ago
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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6 months ago
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My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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6 months ago
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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a month ago
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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a year ago
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
3 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
2 weeks ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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8 months ago
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
9 months ago
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
TheCollector
What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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a year ago
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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11 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
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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a month ago
Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
TheCollector
A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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4 months ago
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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a year ago
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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a year ago
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Does Free Will Exist?
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2 months ago
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
TheCollector
What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
African History...
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
a year ago
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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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...
History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
a month ago
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Hades
The God of the Dead
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
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
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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Power laws in criminal behavior
TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
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Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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What Is Nestorianism?
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
TheCollector
The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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...
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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...
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
3 weeks ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
TheCollector
Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
8 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
2 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
What Was the Chaco War?
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
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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...
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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