Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
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...
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
8 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
TheCollector
What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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10 months ago
TheCollector
4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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TheCollector
6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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TheCollector
What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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7 months ago
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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a month ago
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
2 months ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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11 months ago
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
9 months ago
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
TheCollector
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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a year ago
TheCollector
Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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a year ago
TheCollector
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
TheCollector
What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
over a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
TheCollector
Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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3 months ago
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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4 months ago
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
The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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4 months ago
TheCollector
7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
11 months ago
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
a month ago
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
a week ago
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
TheCollector
Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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TheCollector
Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
TheCollector
What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Appropriation in Art?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
2 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
TheCollector
The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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TheCollector
Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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a year ago
Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
TheCollector
What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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a year ago
TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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11 months ago
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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5 months ago
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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11 months ago
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
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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8 months ago
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...
10 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
How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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2 months ago
African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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12 months ago
History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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TheCollector
Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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a year ago
African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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TheCollector
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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TheCollector
Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
4 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
4 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
TheCollector
The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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TheCollector
Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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TheCollector
What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
TheCollector
What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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12 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
TheCollector
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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3 months ago
TheCollector
7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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12 months ago
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
a year ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
TheCollector
Plastic Surgery as Art? 6 Facts About ORLAN
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
TheCollector
Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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TheCollector
Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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TheCollector
How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
11 months ago
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
3 months ago
TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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TheCollector
Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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3 months ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
2 weeks ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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7 months ago
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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a month ago
History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
3 weeks ago
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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8 months ago
Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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5 months ago
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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3 months ago
TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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a year ago
TheCollector
Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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a month ago
African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
4 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
2 days ago
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
Open Culture
The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less...
4 days ago
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less because they’re motivated by the belief in any particular deity than by how much time and money they now require to complete. Take New York’s Second Avenue subway, whose less than...
TheCollector
The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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
What Is the History of Halloween?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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4 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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a year ago
TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
a month ago
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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12 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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3 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
TheCollector
Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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a year ago
TheCollector
Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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a year ago
TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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5 months ago
TheCollector
5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Die?
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a year ago
TheCollector
John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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2 weeks ago
Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
TheCollector
Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
a week ago
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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6 months ago
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
a year ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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a year ago
TheCollector
13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
a week ago
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” – Philip K. Dick, VALIS William H. Matthews leads us through his 1922 book Mazes and Labyrinths from his home in Ruislip in the English county of Middlesex. Compiled shortly...
TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
7 months ago
The Tragedy of the Trenches
Flashbak
Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
TheCollector
What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
TheCollector
How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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a year ago
TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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7 months ago
African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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a month ago
History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
a month ago
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
TheCollector
The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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2 months ago
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...
11 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
What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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a year ago
TheCollector
New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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4 days ago
TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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a year ago
Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
a week ago
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
TheCollector
Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
11 months ago
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
TheCollector
What Are the Five French Republics?
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a year ago
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