Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
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TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
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Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
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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...
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Overcoming Bias
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I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
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I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
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Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
TheCollector
Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
4 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
2 weeks ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
TheCollector
How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
a month ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
TheCollector
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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TheCollector
What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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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
Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
3 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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...
4 weeks ago
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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
TheCollector
Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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TheCollector
What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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TheCollector
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
TheCollector
Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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TheCollector
6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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TheCollector
The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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What Is Gnosticism?
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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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...
TheCollector
Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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TheCollector
What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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TheCollector
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
a month ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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TheCollector
10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
TheCollector
Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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6 months ago
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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TheCollector
The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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TheCollector
The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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TheCollector
The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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a year ago
TheCollector
Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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9 months ago
Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
TheCollector
Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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TheCollector
The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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TheCollector
What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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9 months ago
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
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The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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TheCollector
What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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TheCollector
Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
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Wars and ideology simplified
TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
TheCollector
What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
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*Time Correction for Wednesday
TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
TheCollector
What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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TheCollector
Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
TheCollector
Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
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Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
TheCollector
How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Moving With the Times?
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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Sodom and Gomorrah
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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