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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
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It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
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I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
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This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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Aristotle on Friendship
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
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What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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...
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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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...
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
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And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
11 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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Rome's Greatest Epic
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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Myths and Metamorphoses
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Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
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[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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Global Inequality...
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
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Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
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Quick Notification
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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What Government Governs Best?
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Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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Ode to the Giants
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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How Did the Islamic Golden Age Shape Knowledge and Discovery?
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
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Is it good, bad or relative?
Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
9 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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7 months ago
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Who Was Vortigern?
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TheCollector
Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
7 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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TheCollector
Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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4 months ago
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
TheCollector
The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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6 months ago
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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TheCollector
How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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TheCollector
Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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TheCollector
Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
2 months ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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2 months ago
Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
3 weeks ago
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
TheCollector
King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
a year ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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TheCollector
Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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TheCollector
Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Open Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters...
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There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters to the future, then publish them in Time magazine as part of an ad campaign. In fact, that time wasn’t so very long ago: it was the year 1988, to be precise, when no less an...
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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TheCollector
7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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TheCollector
Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
a month ago
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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4 months ago
Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
TheCollector
The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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TheCollector
5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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TheCollector
Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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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.
TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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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...
TheCollector
10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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TheCollector
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
TheCollector
Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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TheCollector
What Is Panpsychism?
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TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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2 months ago
TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
TheCollector
What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
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Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
9 Artists Who Defined Art Nouveau
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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What Was the Chaco War?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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7 months ago
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?
Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
10 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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