Full Width [alt+shift+f] Shortcuts [alt+shift+k]
Sign Up [alt+shift+s] Log In [alt+shift+l]
Top Categories > history
#all #programming #history #startups #technology #science #life #literature #architecture #travel #creative #design #comics #cartography #finance #AI #indiehacker Muted Categories [alt+←][alt+→]
TheCollector
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War? undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review ‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review JamesHoare Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide undefined
11 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel. I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
11 months ago
47
11 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) “I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
19
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch   Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
TheCollector
What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques? undefined
3 weeks ago
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998 In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
44
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
TheCollector
What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
13 English Words with Greek Origins undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance JamesHoare Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold) undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare undefined
8 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review) Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
a week ago
21
a week ago
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year reflection on the state of the project, along with a brief ‘what’s on the stove’ coverage of what may be coming up. Also, here’s a cat picture: In terms of the project itself, 2024 was,...
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status “All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
a month ago
TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder? undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying The Long Debate on Assisted Dying JamesHoare Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science undefined
4 months ago
Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
3 months ago
31
3 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
TheCollector
What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words? undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity? undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Can’t-Miss South American Films undefined
a week ago
Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World War Stoppers and God Makers
8 months ago
TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois undefined
9 months ago
History Today Feed
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators JamesHoare Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is Appropriation in Art? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is a Nantucket Sleighride? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch? undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room. And don't say a word about Europe.
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most? Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire undefined
10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965) The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
56
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do. DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024 Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
20
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review ‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review JamesHoare Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
11 months ago
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower j.hoare Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess? undefined
2 months ago
History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel JamesHoare Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
a month ago
TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
23
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley? undefined
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle More Than A Philosopher
12 months ago
TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023 undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge? undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Warsaw Pact? undefined
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation? undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade? undefined
7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things. It explains a lot about Ukraine.
10 months ago
Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
54
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963) This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963.  It is mostly an...
3 months ago
31
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963.  It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it. Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand. Not your usual end-of-year review.
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock? undefined
8 months ago
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...
7 months ago
4
7 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
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment JamesHoare Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents) undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland? undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas? undefined
2 weeks ago
African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900. Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
24
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
TheCollector
The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation? undefined
5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
4
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch. I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
7
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
TheCollector
Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton? undefined
3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
3 months ago
TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For? undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election JamesHoare Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
8 months ago
Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
7
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants.     Via University...
TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories) undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye undefined
9 months ago
Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971 Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
30
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
TheCollector
Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire? undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary JamesHoare Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
TheCollector
Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work? undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review ‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review JamesHoare Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween? undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
26
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Great Schism of 1054? undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero undefined
a year ago
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird? Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
47
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change? undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review ‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review j.hoare Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
a year ago
Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933 “History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
a year ago
6
a year ago
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller     Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore? undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection undefined
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
TheCollector
Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola? undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska? undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Women in Philosophy of Science You Should Know undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained undefined
3 weeks ago
Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
3 months ago
18
3 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
TheCollector
Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality? undefined
3 days ago
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review ‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review JamesHoare Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic? Which Playwright did it better?
6 months ago
TheCollector
Marathon: 7 Sites & Museums to Visit undefined
a week ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics History of the Games
5 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization undefined
11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
4
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. Summary Of Changes Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
TheCollector
Who Was Frantz Fanon? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima? undefined
8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955) Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
35
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
TheCollector
How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79 Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
43
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic Cato and Caesar
a year ago
TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference? undefined
a year ago
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York undefined
7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
27
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals undefined
11 months ago
Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie (A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
4
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
History Today Feed
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV JamesHoare Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire JamesHoare Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
a month ago
TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical? undefined
4 months ago
African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali. At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
5 months ago
32
5 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom? undefined
2 months ago
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish “The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
23
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935     In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget? Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget? JamesHoare Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
2 months ago
TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts undefined
8 months ago
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
3 weeks ago
17
3 weeks ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know undefined
2 months ago
Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976) Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
27
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs.   Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another .... We're going to get you.
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959) Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
21
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween. Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform undefined
a year ago
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
9
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
What Is Gnosticism? undefined
4 months ago
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
57
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...
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...
a month ago
4
a month ago
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 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964) Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
43
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961. Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video) undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus? undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques? undefined
4 days ago
History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah JamesHoare Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
TheCollector
Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome undefined
2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen? Why Do Civil Wars Happen? JamesHoare Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings? undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Boston Called Beantown? undefined
4 months ago
CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the... On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
3 weeks ago
10
3 weeks ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory Art of the Hellenistic Period
a year ago
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes? Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America undefined
2 months ago
Res Obscura
Why drug history? Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes." Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do) undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
11 months ago
9
11 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969 With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
7
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd  – they produced similar games, also from the...
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics Wars and ideology simplified
6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades undefined
6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review ‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review JamesHoare Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
TheCollector
8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For undefined
3 weeks ago
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
18
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
TheCollector
Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction undefined
12 months ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The End of the World?
a year ago
TheCollector
Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover? undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit undefined
6 days ago
TheCollector
What Is the Easiest Language to Learn? undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist? How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist? JamesHoare Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
5 months ago
TheCollector
Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog? undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Carnation Revolution? undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels JamesHoare Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
TheCollector
Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Klu Klux Klan? undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon An Ottoman Winter in Toulon JamesHoare Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
4 months ago
Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
41
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
Flashbak
12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983 In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
a month ago
19
a month ago
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
TheCollector
When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World) undefined
9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb: This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
4 months ago
29
4 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
TheCollector
Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
a week ago
TheCollector
10 London Museums You Should Visit undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth Measuring the Shape of the Earth JamesHoare Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
10 months ago
TheCollector
Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories? undefined
4 months ago
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
50
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...
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse undefined
5 months ago
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
4
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall? & Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer? ***Only 15 Seats Left
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author? undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952) Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
19
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space! Clyne,...
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...
a month ago
19
a month ago
“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...
Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
21
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
TheCollector
Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Carl Gustav Jung? undefined
6 months ago
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment Aliens and the Enlightenment JamesHoare Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood? undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon JamesHoare Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
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
Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas The Saint behind Santa
a week ago
TheCollector
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What is the Eye of Ra? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial undefined
9 months ago
Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,”  he...
a year ago
22
a year ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,”  he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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
17
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
What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders undefined
5 months ago
Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious... A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
2 weeks ago
19
2 weeks ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
TheCollector
How Does Street Art Shape Cities? undefined
8 months ago