TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the History of Gin?
undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
undefined
10 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
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
TheCollector
Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
undefined
a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
TheCollector
Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
undefined
a month ago
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
a week ago
But is there anything there?
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
undefined
11 months ago
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
undefined
a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
undefined
10 months ago
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
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
Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
5 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
3 weeks ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
TheCollector
A Brief History of Collecting Art
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
undefined
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
12 months ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
TheCollector
6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
11 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
undefined
a month 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...
TheCollector
Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
undefined
5 days ago
Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
2 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
undefined
9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
TheCollector
What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
undefined
2 days ago
TheCollector
Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
2 days ago
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...
TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
undefined
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
a month ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
TheCollector
7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
undefined
2 days ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
.
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
undefined
10 months ago
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
undefined
7 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
TheCollector
6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
undefined
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
5 days ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
TheCollector
Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
undefined
5 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
TheCollector
Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
TheCollector
The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
undefined
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
undefined
2 weeks ago
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Book of Galatians About?
undefined
a month ago
African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
TheCollector
Was Andy Warhol Religious?
undefined
10 months ago
African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
TheCollector
How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
undefined
2 months ago
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
TheCollector
What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
undefined
a year ago
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
undefined
2 months ago
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
TheCollector
7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
undefined
7 months ago
Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
undefined
a year ago
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...
2 weeks ago
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.”
TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
undefined
a year ago
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’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
undefined
5 months ago
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
TheCollector
9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
undefined
9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
TheCollector
Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
undefined
a year ago
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...
Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
undefined
12 months ago
TheCollector
5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
undefined
2 months ago
Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
2 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vercingetorix?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
undefined
3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
undefined
a year ago
African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
a month ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
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
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
TheCollector
What Is Voguing?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
undefined
4 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...
TheCollector
What Was the Warsaw Pact?
undefined
2 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
TheCollector
Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
a month ago
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
undefined
5 months ago
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
TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
undefined
2 months ago
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
TheCollector
Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
undefined
2 days ago
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
TheCollector
Who Was Mithridates the Great?
undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
undefined
a week ago
Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
2 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
undefined
a month ago
Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
2 weeks ago
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
undefined
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
a month ago
TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
undefined
4 days ago
TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
2 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
4 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
undefined
10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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...
7 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
6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
undefined
4 months ago
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
What Was the Kido Butai?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Pina Bausch?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
undefined
5 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
a month ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
2 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
undefined
a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
TheCollector
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Chile
undefined
2 months ago
Full Width 
Shortcuts 
Sign Up 
Log In 
Articles 
Reading List 