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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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a year ago
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
3 months ago
TheCollector
Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
Flashbak
A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
6 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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9 months ago
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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11 months ago
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
7 months ago
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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12 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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Flashbak
From Window: A Photographer’s Obsession With His Wife And Freezing Time
“I work and photograph while hoping to stop everything. In that sense, my work may be some kind of...
2 days ago
“I work and photograph while hoping to stop everything. In that sense, my work may be some kind of revenge drama about living now.” – Masahisa Fukase One morning in the summer of 1973, Masahisa Fukase (25 February 1934 – 9 June 2012) photographed his wife since 1964, Yoko...
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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7 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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2 months ago
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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11 months ago
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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3 months ago
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
2 months ago
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
TheCollector
How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
7 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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TheCollector
What Was Voltaire’s Philosophy?
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Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
12 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
TheCollector
3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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TheCollector
The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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7 months ago
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...
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Albert Einstein: The Greatest Scientist of the 20th Century
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10 Zany Facts About Benjamin Franklin You Probably Didn’t Know
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
10 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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4 months ago
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
7 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
TheCollector
Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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a year ago
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
3 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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10 months ago
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7 Women Artists Who Became Works of Art
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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10 months ago
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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9 months ago
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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8 months ago
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
2 months ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
TheCollector
Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Fear Change
Evolution in animals selects not only for static features, like claws, but also for behaviors that...
4 days ago
Evolution in animals selects not only for static features, like claws, but also for behaviors that change with context.
TheCollector
Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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a year ago
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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3 months ago
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