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Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
6 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
2 weeks ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
TheCollector
How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
8 months ago
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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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
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
a month ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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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
weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
3 weeks ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
6 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
TheCollector
6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
3 weeks ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
TheCollector
What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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What Is Populism?
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Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
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For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s just-published list of the 100 best books of the twenty-first century will summon dim memories of many a once-unignorable critical fuss. At one time or another over the past 25...
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
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Which Playwright did it better?
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
4 months ago
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
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...
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Wrong Side of...
Technology indistinguishable from magic
Our age of miracles: the medical breakthroughs of 2024
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Our age of miracles: the medical breakthroughs of 2024
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
2 months ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
TheCollector
Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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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...
TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
6 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
11 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
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An experiment with historical simulation
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Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Should We Be Skeptics?
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
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“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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Summary of changes for November 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 November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
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Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
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1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
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We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
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What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
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In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 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 December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
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Winning the day and losing the war.
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
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“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
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Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
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Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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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)...
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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The Early Years of Jesus
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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