TheCollector
11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
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Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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TheCollector
The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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What Is an Antipope?
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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TheCollector
What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
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'If we can't...
Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Classical Wisdom
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Animals of the Ancient World
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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TheCollector
What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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TheCollector
Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Count no man happy until the end is known
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Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Wrong Side of...
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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TheCollector
Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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Trying to Understand...
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a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
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The Antikythera Mechanism
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TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
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TheCollector
10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Global Inequality...
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Wars and ideology simplified
Classical Wisdom
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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...
a week 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 Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
5 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
TheCollector
3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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TheCollector
What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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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...
10 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...
TheCollector
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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TheCollector
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
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TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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TheCollector
Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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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
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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2 months ago
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TheCollector
How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
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American polarisation: part 2
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Does Free Will Exist?
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African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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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...
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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...
a month 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...
TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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TheCollector
What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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4 months ago
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?
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
10 months ago
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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7 months ago
Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
2 weeks ago
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
2 months ago
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
8 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
What Is Gnosticism?
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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TheCollector
The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Flashbak
Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
TheCollector
Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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TheCollector
How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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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
How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
TheCollector
5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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TheCollector
Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
TheCollector
10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
TheCollector
What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
TheCollector
The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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TheCollector
Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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TheCollector
Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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TheCollector
10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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TheCollector
What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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TheCollector
Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
11 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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TheCollector
Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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TheCollector
Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
TheCollector
Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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TheCollector
The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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8 months ago
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.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
a week ago
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
3 months ago
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
6 months ago
The Tragedy of the Trenches
TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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TheCollector
Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
TheCollector
Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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3 weeks 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...
11 months 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
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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TheCollector
Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
TheCollector
Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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a year ago
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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a year ago
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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