TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
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a year ago
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TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Classical Wisdom
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The Mystery of the Mind
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TheCollector
Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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TheCollector
KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Beyond Stoicism
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
TheCollector
Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
2 months ago
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
TheCollector
The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
TheCollector
Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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TheCollector
What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
a year ago
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
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Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
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TheCollector
Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
TheCollector
The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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The Epics Collection
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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TheCollector
Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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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...
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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
Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
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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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
TheCollector
Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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TheCollector
Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Hundred Rabbits
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
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
TheCollector
8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
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TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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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
6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
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TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
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Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
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In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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The Life of Plato
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
3 weeks ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
a month ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
8 months ago
TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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TheCollector
7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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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.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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TheCollector
10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
7 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
7 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
TheCollector
What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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TheCollector
10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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TheCollector
What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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TheCollector
The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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TheCollector
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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TheCollector
4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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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.
TheCollector
The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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TheCollector
Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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TheCollector
Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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TheCollector
Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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What Was the First Written Language?
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
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TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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TheCollector
Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
TheCollector
Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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TheCollector
The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
11 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
TheCollector
Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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TheCollector
4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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TheCollector
The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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TheCollector
The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
TheCollector
What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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TheCollector
How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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TheCollector
Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
TheCollector
The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
2 days ago
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
TheCollector
The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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