TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
TheCollector
American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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What Was the Chaco War?
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
Flashbak
Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
7 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 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 March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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TheCollector
Discover This Historic Massachusetts Town Just Beyond Boston’s Reach
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History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
10 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
10 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
11 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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TheCollector
What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
a year ago
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
TheCollector
Deadly Wildfires Devastate Los Angeles Art Community
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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TheCollector
Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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TheCollector
Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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TheCollector
Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
3 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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...
a year 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...
History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
10 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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TheCollector
7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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TheCollector
Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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TheCollector
Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Norse Mythology: Pantheon, Ragnarok, Creation, & More
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African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
TheCollector
History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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TheCollector
Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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Flashbak
Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5...
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“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
TheCollector
Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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What Made the Harlem Hellfighters Legendary?
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
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TheCollector
10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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TheCollector
The Harpies: Beasts of Vengeance in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
Are You a Fan of Gothic Literature? 5 Most Iconic Locations in the UK
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
TheCollector
George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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TheCollector
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
10 Things to Do at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
3 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
TheCollector
10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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TheCollector
6 Must-See English Castles
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Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
2 months ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Flashbak
Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
a month ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
TheCollector
Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
4 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
7 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
11 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
3 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
8 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
7 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
TheCollector
The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a month 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...
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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TheCollector
Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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Flashbak
People of London’s Maida Vale the 1970s and early 1980s
Bristol Gardens runs between Formosa Street and Clifton Villas and in London’s Maida Vale. Artist...
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Bristol Gardens runs between Formosa Street and Clifton Villas and in London’s Maida Vale. Artist and photographer Sheila Burnett has not longed moved to the area when she began to take pictures of the people who lived and worked there. In the 1970s, Sheila arrived in London...
TheCollector
Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work?
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
a month ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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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...
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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...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
TheCollector
What Practices Did the Puritans Enjoy?
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TheCollector
Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
2 months ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
Trying to Understand...
The Sword Is Mightier...
...than the pen. In Ukraine anyway.
7 hours ago
...than the pen. In Ukraine anyway.
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
8 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
5 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
4 Important Philosophers of German Idealism You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
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Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Silver Shields: Alexander the Great’s Legendary Elite Troops
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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TheCollector
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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Flashbak
Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you...
3 weeks ago
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask… with nothing beneath it?” — Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes Volker Hermes lampoons traditional...
TheCollector
British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
2 months ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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TheCollector
Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Overcoming Bias
Gender Norms Are Complex, Opaque
Wondering how to make clear our cultural drift problem, it occurred to me that historical fiction,...
2 days ago
Wondering how to make clear our cultural drift problem, it occurred to me that historical fiction, especially using time travel, could make vivid how key norms and values have actually changed greatly over time, and not always in obviously good ways.
TheCollector
The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
9 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Flashbak
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
12 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
a month ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
TheCollector
Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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TheCollector
How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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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....
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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...
TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
4 months ago
African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
a month ago
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
TheCollector
What Is Affection in Philosophy?
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
2 months ago
Europe turns away from America.
TheCollector
Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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History Today Feed
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
a month ago
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
5 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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History Today Feed
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
7 months ago
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
Flashbak
A Kodachrome Trip To Lord Howe Island in 1961
in 1961, a groud of freinds took a flight to Lord Howe Island, an irregularly crescent-shaped...
a week ago
in 1961, a groud of freinds took a flight to Lord Howe Island, an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. Many decades later the album of kodachrome photos they took were...
TheCollector
8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
5 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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...
9 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...
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
7 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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TheCollector
Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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TheCollector
10 Major Players of the Haitian Revolution
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
6 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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TheCollector
5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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TheCollector
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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TheCollector
What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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History Today Feed
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
5 months ago
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
Flashbak
At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
7 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
TheCollector
5 Military Geniuses From History
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
2 months ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Portugal, the Mamluks, and the Age of Discovery
Portugal, the Mamluks, and the Age of Discovery
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/22/2025 - 09:03
11 hours ago
Portugal, the Mamluks, and the Age of Discovery
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/22/2025 - 09:03
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
a year ago
TheCollector
Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
9 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
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TheCollector
Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
3 months ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
8 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
TheCollector
Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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9 months ago
TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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2 months ago
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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8 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Britain's sinking reputation
The Anglo diaspora is horrified by the old country
2 weeks ago
The Anglo diaspora is horrified by the old country
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
TheCollector
Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
6 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
a month ago
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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The Extraordinary Story of Dido Elizabeth Belle
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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11 months ago
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
8 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
9 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
7 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
over a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
The Crazy Cult of Indian Guru Osho Bhagwan & His Mixed Legacy
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
a year ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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6 months 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
5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
4 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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