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TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution undefined
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece undefined
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive? undefined
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Essential Greeks
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded undefined
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names? undefined
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II undefined
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty undefined
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures undefined
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off undefined
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens On the Spot: Kristin Semmens JamesHoare Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
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Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936 Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction undefined
a year ago
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories) undefined
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
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Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
TheCollector
What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification? undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version. Wunderland...
Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word. Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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TheCollector
What Is the Will to Power? undefined
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India undefined
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America undefined
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid? undefined
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Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens undefined
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly undefined
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Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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TheCollector
Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper undefined
a year ago
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...
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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. Continue Reading
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective? undefined
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints undefined
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like. BRICS and how international institutions work.
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection? undefined
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend undefined
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide undefined
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Classical Wisdom
The Furies Vengeance or Justice?
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TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit undefined
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Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State The world that created Caravaggio
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know undefined
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily undefined
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the... On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
TheCollector
September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland undefined
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire? undefined
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CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You undefined
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR undefined
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire undefined
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
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If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}. Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu. Hakum, added two drawings to the...
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture undefined
6 months ago
Flashbak
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...
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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...
TheCollector
What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take undefined
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President? undefined
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African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898. Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames undefined
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers undefined
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954) So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
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So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China? undefined
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children? undefined
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel undefined
8 months ago
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It) undefined
3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
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This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
TheCollector
10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema undefined
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art undefined
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin? undefined
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s undefined
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Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus? Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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TheCollector
Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good? undefined
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TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
TheCollector
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now undefined
10 months ago
Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
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According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader? is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers undefined
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom. Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
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Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast undefined
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Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923 To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD Calling Time on BC and AD JamesHoare Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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TheCollector
20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome undefined
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections undefined
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate” Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures undefined
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History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake j.hoare Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man? Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell JamesHoare Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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TheCollector
Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation? undefined
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TheCollector
7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978) A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share.  This pop-up book was part of the...
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share.  This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
TheCollector
Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With? undefined
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Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969 In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
TheCollector
Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer undefined
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius? undefined
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For? undefined
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA? undefined
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power undefined
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel undefined
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient? undefined
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization? undefined
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker Queen Victoria’s Stalker j.hoare Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt undefined
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth? undefined
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War undefined
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work? undefined
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death j.hoare Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death) undefined
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What Is a Banana Republic? undefined
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Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977 Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.”   In...
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Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.”   In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
TheCollector
Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste? undefined
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Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
TheCollector
4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know undefined
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Monsters and Myths
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TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power? undefined
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism undefined
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s “If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
TheCollector
Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid undefined
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation? undefined
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II undefined
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna) undefined
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TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas? undefined
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Flashbak
‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull “When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel. I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
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I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts Shipping Cutoff imminent
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TheCollector
Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions? undefined
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness undefined
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview undefined
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900 The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958) A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images. Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.) Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army... This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
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This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year History Today Review of the Year j.hoare Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
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TheCollector
How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic undefined
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History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review ‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review j.hoare Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
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Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
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Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire undefined
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Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism undefined
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A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
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Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape' How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art undefined
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans ...and the Origins of the Universe
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TheCollector
Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio? undefined
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History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review ‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review JamesHoare Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers undefined
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History Today Feed
Kashmir: Prisoner of History? Kashmir: Prisoner of History? JamesHoare Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years undefined
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History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead Arguing with the Dead JamesHoare Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside The Shire must be brought to heel
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Continue Reading
TheCollector
Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View undefined
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2 undefined
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own undefined
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What Is an Existential Crisis? undefined
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say? undefined
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist? undefined
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals undefined
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa undefined
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope undefined
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Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection undefined
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