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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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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,...
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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...
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Who Was Eusebius?
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
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On cartography as historical argument
Hundred Rabbits
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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And the Boundless Universe
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
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Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
TheCollector
How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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TheCollector
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
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“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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Hearing the language of Christ on the road to Damascus
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Hundred Rabbits
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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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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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TheCollector
The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
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Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
TheCollector
Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
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7 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...
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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a year ago
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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TheCollector
Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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Flashbak
AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
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For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
2 months ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
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TheCollector
What Does It Mean to Be a Critical Thinker?
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
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On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
12 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
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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...
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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...
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
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Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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TheCollector
The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
TheCollector
How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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TheCollector
Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Wrong Side of...
Truth in the old myths
On Troy, King Arthur and the Flood of Noah
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On Troy, King Arthur and the Flood of Noah
TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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TheCollector
The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Appropriation in Art?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Ski Towns in the US
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
TheCollector
The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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a year ago
TheCollector
Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
a month ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
8 months ago
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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a year ago
TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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TheCollector
7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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a month ago
TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
a month ago
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
TheCollector
The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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a year ago
TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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7 months ago
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
a year ago
Historical origins of the malaise
TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
3 weeks ago
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
TheCollector
Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
3 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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TheCollector
Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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9 months ago
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
a year ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
10 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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TheCollector
How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is a Banana Republic?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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a year ago
TheCollector
Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
3 weeks ago
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
5 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
TheCollector
What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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8 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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8 months ago
TheCollector
4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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TheCollector
Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
TheCollector
Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
9 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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a year ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
a year ago
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
TheCollector
Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
a month ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
TheCollector
How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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2 months ago
TheCollector
‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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2 weeks ago
Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
12 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
3 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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6 months ago
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