TheCollector
Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
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TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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JamesHoare
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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TheCollector
How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
TheCollector
Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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What Is Voguing?
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
2 weeks ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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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
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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TheCollector
The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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7 months ago
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
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TheCollector
Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
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3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
TheCollector
How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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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...
a year ago
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Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
2 months ago
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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And the Boundless Universe
TheCollector
What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
TheCollector
Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
TheCollector
What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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TheCollector
How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
TheCollector
How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
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The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
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TheCollector
Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
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TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
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How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
TheCollector
9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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TheCollector
Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
TheCollector
Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
3 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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TheCollector
The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
2 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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TheCollector
Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
11 months ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
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Why the liberal project will fail
Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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TheCollector
Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
7 months ago
TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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TheCollector
Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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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...
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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