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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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TheCollector
Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
New Event: January 7th, 2025
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New Event: January 7th, 2025
Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
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Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
TheCollector
What Is Gnosticism?
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Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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TheCollector
What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
TheCollector
How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
TheCollector
13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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TheCollector
What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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TheCollector
Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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TheCollector
Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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Flashbak
12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
a month ago
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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TheCollector
The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
TheCollector
Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
3 days ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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TheCollector
What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
a week ago
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
TheCollector
An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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TheCollector
What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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TheCollector
Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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TheCollector
The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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TheCollector
September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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TheCollector
Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
TheCollector
Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Flashbak
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,...
TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
7 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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TheCollector
The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
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Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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TheCollector
What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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TheCollector
Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
7 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
2 months ago
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
A Brief History of Collecting Art
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TheCollector
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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TheCollector
Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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TheCollector
Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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TheCollector
The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
TheCollector
Who Were the Samaritans?
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Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
6 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
2 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
5 months ago
TheCollector
When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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TheCollector
John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
6 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
TheCollector
7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
TheCollector
The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
a week ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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TheCollector
Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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TheCollector
Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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TheCollector
10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
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TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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TheCollector
Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
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...
Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
4 days ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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TheCollector
Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
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an island in the maelstrom
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
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Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
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TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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TheCollector
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
TheCollector
How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
TheCollector
Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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TheCollector
Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
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Understanding political violence.
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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Flashbak
Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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A Different View of Thucydides
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
a month ago
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
3 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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TheCollector
What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
3 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
9 months ago
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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TheCollector
What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
TheCollector
The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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TheCollector
J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
3 months ago
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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TheCollector
Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
10 months ago
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Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
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The Tragedy of the Trenches
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
a week ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
TheCollector
Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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7 months ago
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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