TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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TheCollector
How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
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Africa's past carved in ivory
Hundred Rabbits
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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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
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On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
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a year ago
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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The Philippine-American War: The US’s First “Vietnam”
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The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
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journal of African cities chapter 9
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
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TheCollector
The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
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*my article for ROAPE journal
Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Global Inequality...
The third framing
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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Have We Become Anti-Human?
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Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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What Makes a Hero a HERO?
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Ovid's Dating Advice
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TheCollector
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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TheCollector
The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
4 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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Classical Wisdom
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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History Today Feed
US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
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US President or American Caesar?
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Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
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Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
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TheCollector
10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
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Winning the day and losing the war.
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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TheCollector
6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
TheCollector
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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Open Culture
Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The...
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J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
TheCollector
What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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TheCollector
The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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What Is Thatcherism?
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
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This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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Flashbak
12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
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TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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TheCollector
The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
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Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
TheCollector
What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
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Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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Open Culture
Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s Poems “Waiting for the Barbarians” &...
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as...
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In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as being “set in ancient Rome.” That’s a reasonable interpretation, given that it contains an emperor, senators, and orators, though Cavafy himself said that none of them are...
TheCollector
What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
9 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
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9 months ago
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TheCollector
7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
a week ago
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TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
a week ago
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year reflection on the state of the project, along with a brief ‘what’s on the stove’ coverage of what may be coming up. Also, here’s a cat picture: In terms of the project itself, 2024 was,...
TheCollector
The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
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TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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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...
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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...
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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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...
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
4 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
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At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Rocket Divers (1962)
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So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
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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...
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A History of Phantom Pain
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
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‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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No Cheers for Authoritarianism
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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When Was D-Day?
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
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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...
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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Sparta and… Scotland?
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Laconic wit through the centuries
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
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The Cyclops
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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Early Christianity
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