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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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Where parents make a difference
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TheCollector
How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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the sucessor of Songhai
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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TheCollector
Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
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Is it good, bad or relative?
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
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Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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How Did the Victorian Dead Body Trade Operate?
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Open Culture
Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
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This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
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The Water Is Rising.
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
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Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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Prometheus and AI?
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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TheCollector
Mangal Pandey: The Spark That Ignited the Sepoy Mutiny
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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History Today Feed
What is Modernity?
What is Modernity?
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Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
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What is Modernity?
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Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
TheCollector
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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TheCollector
5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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Flashbak
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...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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TheCollector
The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
Dr Alun Withey
To Tip or Not To Tip: A Victorian Traveller’s Perspective
Like it or not, tipping is a big part of hospitality and the service industry. Debates about how...
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Like it or not, tipping is a big part of hospitality and the service industry. Debates about how much/whether to tip rumble on, but they are not new. Even in the 18th and 19th centuries, travellers were complaining about the amount of unwanted or unexpected extras they had to pay...
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
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
11 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
9 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
Sixth-Century Sword Unearthed in Anglo-Saxon Cemetery
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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TheCollector
4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
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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...
TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
8 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
TheCollector
Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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What Was Voltaire’s Philosophy?
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TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
TheCollector
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
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TheCollector
10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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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
Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
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On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
Open Culture
Explore the Newly-Launched Public Domain Image Archive with 10,000+ Free Historical Images
We’ve often featured the work of the Public Domain Review here on Open Culture, and also various...
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We’ve often featured the work of the Public Domain Review here on Open Culture, and also various searchable copyright-free image databases that have arisen over the years. It makes sense that those two worlds would collide, and now they’ve done so in the form of the just-launched...
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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History Today Feed
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
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...
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
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The Phantom of Polarisation
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Do people actually disagree that much?
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This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
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They didn't know. But they know now.
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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10 Can’t-Miss South American Films
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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TheCollector
The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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7 African Myths About Animals
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
TheCollector
The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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Open Culture
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
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Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
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New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
3 weeks ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
3 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
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What's it going to be, then?
TheCollector
Who Was Vernon Lee?
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
TheCollector
The History of Braga, Portugal & 16 Must-See Historic Sites
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
What Is Nestorianism?
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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,...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
2 months ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
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Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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