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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
TheCollector
Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
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9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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Flashbak
SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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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....
Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
7 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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TheCollector
Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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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?
10 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
TheCollector
The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
4 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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TheCollector
The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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What Was Négritude?
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Ethical Philosophy for Fun
Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
TheCollector
Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
3 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
TheCollector
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
12 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
TheCollector
What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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TheCollector
6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
6 months ago
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
TheCollector
Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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2 months 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?
TheCollector
The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
TheCollector
$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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Who Was Tertullian?
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
Flashbak
A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
2 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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TheCollector
13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
TheCollector
4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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TheCollector
How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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TheCollector
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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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
5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
TheCollector
Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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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.
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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TheCollector
7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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TheCollector
Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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TheCollector
Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
11 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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TheCollector
Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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7 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 week 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
Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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Socrates' Wayward Student
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Patterns in Humanity
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
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12 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
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“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt Elliott Erwitt died at his home in New York City on 29 November 2023. He leaves us with remarkable archive of fabulous photographs of the great and good, the many places he visited over...
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
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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...
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
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When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
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http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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Luxembourg in WWII: From Neutrality to Occupation
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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8 Things You Didn’t Know About Eva Perón
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Open Culture
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Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Classical Wisdom
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Fate and Free Will
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African History...
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Hundred Rabbits
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Early Bird is Ending
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Wrong Side of...
Technology indistinguishable from magic
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
8 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
TheCollector
Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
10 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
10 months ago
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
2 months ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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