Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
TheCollector
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
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And what happens when we don’t?
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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TheCollector
Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
TheCollector
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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5 Women in Philosophy of Mind You Should Know
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
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Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
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a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
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over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
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5 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
TheCollector
How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Classical Wisdom
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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What Is an Antipope?
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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History Today Feed
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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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
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
TheCollector
How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
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This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
a year ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
TheCollector
The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
12 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
5 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
TheCollector
10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
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Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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a year ago
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
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Flashbak
My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
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TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
10 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
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History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
8 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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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.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
TheCollector
New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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Flashbak
Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you...
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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History Today Feed
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
TheCollector
10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
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TheCollector
Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Flashbak
Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
TheCollector
What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
5 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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TheCollector
The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
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Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
TheCollector
American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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TheCollector
Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
Plus... Merch!
a year ago
African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
TheCollector
Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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TheCollector
4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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4 months ago
Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
3 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
6 months ago
And the Boundless Universe
TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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a month ago
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
2 weeks ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
6 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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a month ago
Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
4 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
3 days ago
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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a year ago
TheCollector
11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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7 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
a month ago
The Great Migration to Bluesky
Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
a month ago
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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8 months ago
Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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5 months ago
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
6 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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a year ago
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
11 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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
Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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10 months ago
Open Culture
Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006)
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
a week ago
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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7 months ago
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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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
6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
TheCollector
When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
TheCollector
Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
11 months ago
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
a month ago
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
8 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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
Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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TheCollector
10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
a year ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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TheCollector
The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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7 months ago
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
TheCollector
How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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2 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
TheCollector
5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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?
Flashbak
Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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TheCollector
The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
5 days ago
TheCollector
Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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3 weeks ago
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
4 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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a year ago
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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a year ago
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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a year ago
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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5 months ago
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?
Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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10 months ago
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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3 months ago
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