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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
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 History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
TheCollector
Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
TheCollector
10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
7 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
9 months ago
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
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Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
7 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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a year ago
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.
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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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?
Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
3 weeks ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
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a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
TheCollector
Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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2 months ago
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
TheCollector
Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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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...
TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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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...
a week ago
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...
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
9 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
a year ago
France’s Long March Against Racism
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Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Myths and Metamorphoses
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Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
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‘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
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
3 months ago
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Flashbak
Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
a month ago
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
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....
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
a week ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
5 days ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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...
TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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...
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
3 months ago
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
a month ago
The Tudor War on Libel
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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Saint or Sinner?
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
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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.
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
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100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
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How French Was Medieval England?
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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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
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Flashbak
Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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The Mother of Rome
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
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Lost and Found
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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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...
TheCollector
6 Must-See English Castles
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
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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...
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
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Are standards elevating or elitist?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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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
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
TheCollector
Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
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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...
TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Classical Wisdom
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
TheCollector
The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
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a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
TheCollector
Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
8 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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TheCollector
Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
History Today Feed
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
TheCollector
History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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9 months ago
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
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“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
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But they forget the people and the Street.
TheCollector
Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
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TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
TheCollector
Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
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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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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TheCollector
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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TheCollector
Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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TheCollector
What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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a year ago
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
Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
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TheCollector
The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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TheCollector
4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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TheCollector
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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TheCollector
4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
TheCollector
Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is First Corinthians About?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
a month ago
History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
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