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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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TheCollector
7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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TheCollector
A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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9 months ago
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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TheCollector
Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
3 weeks ago
Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
7 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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TheCollector
What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
TheCollector
What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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TheCollector
Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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TheCollector
Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
a month ago
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
2 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
TheCollector
5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
2 weeks ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
TheCollector
The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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10 months ago
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
6 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
TheCollector
Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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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
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
6 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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TheCollector
World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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TheCollector
10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
TheCollector
10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
TheCollector
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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7 months ago
Flashbak
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...
5 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...
TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
5 days ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
3 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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TheCollector
6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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9 months ago
Flashbak
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...
4 months ago
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...
TheCollector
How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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12 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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