TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
2 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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TheCollector
The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
10 months ago
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
TheCollector
Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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TheCollector
Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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TheCollector
History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
What is the Eye of Ra?
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TheCollector
9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
TheCollector
The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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TheCollector
Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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a year ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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a year ago
Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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2 months ago
African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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TheCollector
4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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TheCollector
John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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11 months ago
TheCollector
4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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TheCollector
How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
TheCollector
Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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TheCollector
Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
Flashbak
Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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TheCollector
5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
TheCollector
Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
TheCollector
How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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a year ago
TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Continue Reading
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
Continue Reading
Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
TheCollector
Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
TheCollector
Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
TheCollector
Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
TheCollector
Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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8 months 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
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...
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
TheCollector
Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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TheCollector
The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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a year ago
TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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
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
Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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8 months ago
Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
TheCollector
John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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TheCollector
Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
3 weeks ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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TheCollector
Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
4 hours ago
TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
5 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
3 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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a month ago
TheCollector
Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
4 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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TheCollector
How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
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The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
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The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
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Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
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This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
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 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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The three German fears
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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...
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This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
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plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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The True Knights Templar
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
4 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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Power laws in criminal behavior
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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