Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
5 days ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
TheCollector
Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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TheCollector
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
2 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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TheCollector
Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
11 months ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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a year ago
Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Chaco War?
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
5 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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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
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
TheCollector
Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
5 months ago
Which Playwright did it better?
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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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...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
3 days ago
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
TheCollector
4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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TheCollector
Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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TheCollector
Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
8 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
TheCollector
Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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TheCollector
Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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TheCollector
Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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TheCollector
Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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TheCollector
Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
TheCollector
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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TheCollector
5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
7 months ago
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
TheCollector
What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
TheCollector
Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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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
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
TheCollector
Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
6 months ago
The Tragedy of the Trenches
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
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TheCollector
The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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TheCollector
Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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TheCollector
Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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TheCollector
British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
4 months ago
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
TheCollector
4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Flashbak
Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
2 months ago
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
TheCollector
The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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TheCollector
Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
2 days ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
TheCollector
What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
TheCollector
What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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4 months ago
African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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2 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
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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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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a year ago
Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
6 months ago
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
TheCollector
Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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a month ago
TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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11 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...
8 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...
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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3 weeks ago
Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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2 weeks ago
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
History Today Feed
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
a month ago
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
TheCollector
Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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2 months ago
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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TheCollector
Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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TheCollector
Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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8 months ago
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
6 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
TheCollector
How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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a year ago
Flashbak
SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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4 months ago
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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a month ago
Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
6 days ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
TheCollector
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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6 months ago
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...
a month 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:
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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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a year ago
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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10 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
TheCollector
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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4 months ago
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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3 days ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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4 months ago
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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a year ago
TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
6 days ago
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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7 months ago
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