TheCollector
Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
6 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
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Why people should stop talking about conscription.
Classical Wisdom
Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus
An Epic Start to the New Year
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An Epic Start to the New Year
TheCollector
7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
TheCollector
Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
11 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
TheCollector
What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
TheCollector
Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
4 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
2 months ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
TheCollector
Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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TheCollector
The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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...
3 months ago
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.
TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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TheCollector
10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
8 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
TheCollector
Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
TheCollector
Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
2 months ago
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
2 months ago
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
TheCollector
UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
11 months ago
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
2 months ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
TheCollector
Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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TheCollector
8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Classical Wisdom
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
3 weeks ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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TheCollector
The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
12 months ago
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
Flashbak
Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
4 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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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.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
a month ago
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
TheCollector
How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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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
4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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TheCollector
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
TheCollector
The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
3 weeks ago
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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?
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
4 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Classical Wisdom
The Pompeii Mosaics
Frozen by Fire
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
8 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
TheCollector
Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
TheCollector
Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
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Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
TheCollector
What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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TheCollector
5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
3 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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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...
2 months 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...
TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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TheCollector
Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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TheCollector
5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
5 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
11 months ago
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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TheCollector
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
3 weeks ago
But is there anything there?
Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
6 months ago
And the Boundless Universe
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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...
TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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TheCollector
Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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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”
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
over a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
TheCollector
Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Coin Collection Found in Jordan Valley
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TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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TheCollector
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
11 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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TheCollector
The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
TheCollector
What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
6 days ago
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
TheCollector
The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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a year ago
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
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
TheCollector
Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
a year ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
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Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
2 weeks ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video...
a week ago
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
TheCollector
10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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TheCollector
Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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TheCollector
September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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TheCollector
The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
6 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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TheCollector
4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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TheCollector
What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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TheCollector
A History of the United States Supreme Court
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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TheCollector
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
2 months ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
6 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
a year ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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