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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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Flashbak
1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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“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...
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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TheCollector
What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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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...
a month 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
History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
Flashbak
Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
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“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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TheCollector
The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
8 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
History Today Feed
A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
TheCollector
Who Was Susan Sontag?
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TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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TheCollector
Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
7 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
TheCollector
New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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TheCollector
Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
a week ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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TheCollector
Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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
Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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TheCollector
Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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TheCollector
Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2 weeks ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
TheCollector
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
TheCollector
Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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TheCollector
Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
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TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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TheCollector
Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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TheCollector
‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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TheCollector
13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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TheCollector
Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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TheCollector
Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
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The Shire must be brought to heel
TheCollector
6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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TheCollector
Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
a month ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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TheCollector
Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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TheCollector
Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
TheCollector
Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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Flashbak
Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
2 months ago
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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TheCollector
Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
10 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
2 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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TheCollector
René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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TheCollector
Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
2 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
TheCollector
Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
TheCollector
8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
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How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
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One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
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Cosmodrome (1987)
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Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Free French Bombers Over France
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Hey everyone!
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Hey everyone!
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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Undersea Base (1974)
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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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The Evils Of Professionalism
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
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“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
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Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Should We Be More Naked?
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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