TheCollector
Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
a year ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
TheCollector
Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
a month ago
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
7 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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a year ago
TheCollector
Cotton & How It Changed the World
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
11 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
9 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
TheCollector
Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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10 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
3 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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a year ago
TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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8 months ago
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
The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
10 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
Open Culture
Watch an Avant-Garde Bauhaus Ballet in Brilliant Color, First Staged in 1922
We credit the Bauhaus school, founded by German architect Walter Gropius in 1919, for the aesthetic...
11 hours ago
We credit the Bauhaus school, founded by German architect Walter Gropius in 1919, for the aesthetic principles that have guided so much modern design and architecture in the 20th and 21st centuries. The school’s relationships with artists like Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Laszlo...
TheCollector
Who Was Carl Linnaeus? (Life, Works, & Legacy)
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4 days ago
TheCollector
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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12 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
TheCollector
Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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a year ago
Open Culture
Watch Design for Disaster, a 1962 Film That Shows Why Los Angeles Is Always at Risk of Devastating...
“This is fire season in Los Angeles,” Joan Didion once wrote, relating how every year “the Santa Ana...
6 days ago
“This is fire season in Los Angeles,” Joan Didion once wrote, relating how every year “the Santa Ana winds start blowing down through the passes, and the relative humidity drops to figures like seven or six or three per cent, and the bougainvillea starts rattling in the driveway,...
TheCollector
What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Appalachia & Its People
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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a year ago
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
2 months ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
a year ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
Open Culture
Why David Lynch’s Dune Went Wrong: A Comparison with Denis Villeneuve’s Hit Adaptation
Denis Villeneuve’s recent film adaptation of Dune is generally considered to be superior to the late...
2 days ago
Denis Villeneuve’s recent film adaptation of Dune is generally considered to be superior to the late David Lynch’s, from 1984 — though even according to many of Lynch’s fans, it could hardly have been worse. In a 1996 piece for Premiere magazine, David Foster Wallace described...
TheCollector
What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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a year ago
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
3 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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4 months ago
CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
3 weeks ago
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
TheCollector
What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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4 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
History Today Feed
‘The Tree Hunters’ by Thomas Pakenham review
‘The Tree Hunters’ by Thomas Pakenham review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/07/2025 - 09:36
2 weeks ago
‘The Tree Hunters’ by Thomas Pakenham review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/07/2025 - 09:36
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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TheCollector
Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Victorian Fashion Show Grief Through Clothes?
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6 days ago
TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
Flashbak
Views of Polar Regions: Watercolours By Queen Victoria’s Spy
Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an...
3 weeks ago
Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an English artist, naturalist, antiquary, illustrator, natural historian, soldier, explorer, writer and spy. That’s quite the package for a man who produced these drawings and...
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
3 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
5 months ago
TheCollector
A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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a month ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
3 weeks ago
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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a year ago
TheCollector
John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
4 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
10 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
TheCollector
What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
When Ukraine Is Over ...
How will they turn out the lights?
a week ago
How will they turn out the lights?
TheCollector
Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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8 months ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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6 months ago
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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8 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
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
TheCollector
An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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11 months ago
TheCollector
8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
2 months ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
TheCollector
Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
10 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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4 months ago
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...
2 months 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
8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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TheCollector
More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
over a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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a month ago
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Year 1 of History? Comparing Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Conventions
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3 days ago
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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3 months ago
African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
a year ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
TheCollector
Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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a year ago
TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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5 months ago
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
a month ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
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...
a month ago
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...
TheCollector
How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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TheCollector
Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Eccentricities of Arthur Conan Doyle: Fairies, Apes, and Spiritualism
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TheCollector
Are Supernatural Beliefs Real?
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a week ago
Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
5 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
TheCollector
Haile Selassie: Divinity or Despot?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
4 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
9 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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
4 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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TheCollector
Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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TheCollector
Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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TheCollector
The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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5 months ago
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...
a month ago
“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...
TheCollector
Who Invented the Ukulele?
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
8 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
TheCollector
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
4 weeks ago
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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TheCollector
Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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a year 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...
2 months 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...
TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
a year ago
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Pollution & Deforestation in the Medieval World
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
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Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
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Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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No Cheers for Authoritarianism
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
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But some things are more connected than others.
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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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...
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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...
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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What Are Slavoj Žižek’s Most Intriguing Ideas?
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
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This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
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Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
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They are quite serious, actually.
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
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On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
9 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Marathon: 7 Sites & Museums to Visit
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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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
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.)...
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
African History...
A complete history of the Sudano-Sahelian architecture of west Africa: from antiquity to the 20th...
The westernmost region of Africa which forms the watershed of the great rivers of the Senegal, the...
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The westernmost region of Africa which forms the watershed of the great rivers of the Senegal, the Volta and the Niger, is home to one of the world's oldest surviving building traditions, called the ‘Sudano-Sahelian’ architecture.
Global Inequality...
Three steps to freedom
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
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Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
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Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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What Was Organization Todt?
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History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
8 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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5 Women in Philosophy of Science You Should Know
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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African History...
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
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Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
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The Indian-American century
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Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
5 months ago
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
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This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
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Should we pay attention to them?
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
6 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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