TheCollector
What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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TheCollector
Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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African History...
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
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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TheCollector
Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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TheCollector
Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
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Historical origins of the malaise
TheCollector
How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
TheCollector
What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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TheCollector
A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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TheCollector
When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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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...
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Flashbak
It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
TheCollector
Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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TheCollector
When Did the Korean War Start?
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
TheCollector
Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
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There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
TheCollector
Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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Classical Wisdom
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Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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What Is Gnosticism?
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History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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
MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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TheCollector
How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
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:
African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
TheCollector
5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
6 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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TheCollector
The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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TheCollector
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
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Mothers of the Ancient World
TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
TheCollector
What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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TheCollector
Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
8 months ago
African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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TheCollector
Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
TheCollector
8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
10 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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TheCollector
Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
5 months ago
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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TheCollector
Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
TheCollector
Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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TheCollector
The Electoral College Explained
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
5 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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a year ago
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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10 months ago
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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9 months ago
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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a year ago
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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8 months ago
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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7 months ago
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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10 months ago
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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6 months ago
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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8 months ago
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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9 months ago
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
4 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
a year ago
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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5 months ago
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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6 months ago
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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9 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
a week ago
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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9 months ago
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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8 months ago
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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a year ago
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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4 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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6 months ago
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
a month ago
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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8 months ago
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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4 months ago
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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a year ago
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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11 months ago
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
a year ago
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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11 months ago
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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12 months ago
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 months ago
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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12 months ago
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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5 months ago
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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2 months ago
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Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
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Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
7 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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9 months ago
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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11 months ago
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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8 months ago
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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a year ago
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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11 months ago
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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2 months ago
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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5 months ago
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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11 months ago
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
2 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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9 months ago
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Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
6 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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10 months ago
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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4 months ago
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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9 months ago
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
10 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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a year ago
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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3 months ago
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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a year ago
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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a year ago
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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6 months ago
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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10 months ago
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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11 months ago
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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7 months ago
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Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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a year ago
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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9 months ago
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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a year ago
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
10 months ago
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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a year ago
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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7 months ago
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