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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
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Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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The Water Is Rising.
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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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...
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
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
a month ago
Please help us not to understand.
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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Arguing with the Dead
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TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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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...
a year ago
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...
Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
Flashbak
Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
8 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
3 weeks ago
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
5 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
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The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
TheCollector
11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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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...
Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
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A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
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Which Playwright did it better?
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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What Is Voguing?
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
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Plato and Atlantis
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
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The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
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Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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,...
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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...
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
TheCollector
10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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TheCollector
What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
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Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
TheCollector
Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
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Banned Book Week Begins...
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
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...
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
a year ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
TheCollector
Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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What Is the Will to Power?
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
TheCollector
Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
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An indispensable organization
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
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Journal of African cities chapter 8
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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TheCollector
The Electoral College Explained
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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TheCollector
What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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TheCollector
How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
a month ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
Flashbak
Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
TheCollector
Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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TheCollector
3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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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...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
TheCollector
Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
8 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
10 months ago
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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TheCollector
Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
2 months ago
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
TheCollector
Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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TheCollector
The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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TheCollector
Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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TheCollector
Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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TheCollector
Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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TheCollector
Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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10 months ago
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
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
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
9 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
TheCollector
10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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TheCollector
The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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TheCollector
The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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TheCollector
Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
TheCollector
What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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a year ago
TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
TheCollector
Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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8 months ago
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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TheCollector
A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
3 weeks ago
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
TheCollector
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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3 months ago
TheCollector
A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“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‘...
Flashbak
AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
3 weeks ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
Flashbak
Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
4 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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TheCollector
Who Was Susan Sontag?
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TheCollector
Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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TheCollector
What Is Conceptual Photography?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
11 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
TheCollector
Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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3 months ago
TheCollector
8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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a year ago
TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
TheCollector
How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
12 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
TheCollector
Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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4 months ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
2 weeks 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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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TheCollector
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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3 months ago
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