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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
6 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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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
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
2 weeks ago
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
6 months ago
TheCollector
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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TheCollector
4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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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...
a year ago
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...
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
TheCollector
Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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TheCollector
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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Weekend Roundup
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a year ago
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Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
2 months ago
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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11 months ago
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
TheCollector
Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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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...
TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
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Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
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Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
10 months ago
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
2 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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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
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
4 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
TheCollector
4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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TheCollector
7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
TheCollector
Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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TheCollector
Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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TheCollector
Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
TheCollector
A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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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...
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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TheCollector
The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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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...
TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
2 days ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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TheCollector
What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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TheCollector
Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
6 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
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TheCollector
What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
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And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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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
History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
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Historical origins of the malaise
TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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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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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
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There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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10 months ago
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
Classical Wisdom
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
7 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
7 months ago
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
TheCollector
How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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a year ago
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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11 months ago
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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6 months ago
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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