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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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The "New" Ancient City
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
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4 weeks 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...
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
TheCollector
The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
3 weeks ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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Flashbak
Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
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“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
3 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
Classical Wisdom
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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 …...
TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
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3 days ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
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7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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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
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...
TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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JamesHoare
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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Flashbak
Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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What Is Nestorianism?
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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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!
TheCollector
Who Was Susan Sontag?
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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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....
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks 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
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
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TheCollector
Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
7 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
6 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
TheCollector
How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
4 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
2 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
3 weeks ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
a month ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
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.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
TheCollector
Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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