Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
TheCollector
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
9 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
Global Inequality...
Three steps to freedom
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
10 months ago
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
10 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
2 days ago
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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TheCollector
Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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a year ago
TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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TheCollector
“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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3 days ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
a month ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
Classical Wisdom
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
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
a month ago
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
10 months ago
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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a week ago
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vortigern?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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11 months ago
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...
11 months 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...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
2 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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...
TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 days ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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a month ago
Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
TheCollector
5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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TheCollector
10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Flashbak
Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
6 months ago
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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3 months ago
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
TheCollector
Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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5 months ago
weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
5 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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TheCollector
How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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TheCollector
Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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TheCollector
Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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TheCollector
TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
2 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
TheCollector
Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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TheCollector
Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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TheCollector
Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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TheCollector
What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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...
9 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
Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
a month ago
An indispensable organization
TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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TheCollector
Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
9 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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a year ago
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
What Is Populism?
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TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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4 months ago
African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
TheCollector
Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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TheCollector
10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
3 weeks ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
TheCollector
8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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TheCollector
What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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TheCollector
Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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TheCollector
What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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TheCollector
5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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TheCollector
Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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2 months 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
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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TheCollector
Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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a year ago
Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
8 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
TheCollector
The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
TheCollector
Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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TheCollector
Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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TheCollector
What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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TheCollector
7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
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 ...
Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
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
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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a year ago
TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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TheCollector
The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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TheCollector
The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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a week ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
8 months ago
History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
2 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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...
TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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TheCollector
How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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TheCollector
What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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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
6 months ago
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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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...
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
TheCollector
A Brief History of Mount Everest
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a month ago
History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
10 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
TheCollector
Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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TheCollector
The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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TheCollector
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
TheCollector
Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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TheCollector
Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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TheCollector
Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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3 months ago
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.
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
3 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
TheCollector
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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3 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
TheCollector
What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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TheCollector
Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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12 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
a month ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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TheCollector
What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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6 months ago
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
What Was Organization Todt?
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TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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7 months ago
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
4 days ago
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What is Pantheism in Art?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
6 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
7 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
a month ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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6 months ago
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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TheCollector
4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
TheCollector
Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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TheCollector
The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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11 months ago
TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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TheCollector
How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
a week ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
a week ago
TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
a month ago
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
2 weeks ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
10 months ago
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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...
3 months ago
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.
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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5 months 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
Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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a year ago
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