weird medieval guys
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
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The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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TheCollector
Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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TheCollector
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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over a year ago
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
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Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
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?
TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
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TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
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TheCollector
Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
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a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
TheCollector
The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
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TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
10 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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TheCollector
Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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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 ...
yesterday
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...
TheCollector
Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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TheCollector
Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
TheCollector
Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
TheCollector
Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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8 months ago
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...
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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5 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
a month ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
4 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
3 weeks ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
TheCollector
What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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TheCollector
Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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4 months ago
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Gnosticism?
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TheCollector
How to Read Film Like a Language
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TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
6 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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TheCollector
Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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11 months ago
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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3 weeks ago
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Less than ONE Week Left
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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TheCollector
David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is Pina Bausch?
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TheCollector
8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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a year ago
TheCollector
Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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5 months ago
TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Walt Whitman?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
TheCollector
Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
a month ago
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
TheCollector
Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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TheCollector
Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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3 months 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...
3 days ago
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...
TheCollector
How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
TheCollector
The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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a year 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
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
6 months ago
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
TheCollector
Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
TheCollector
Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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