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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Open Culture
The Creative Genius of David Lynch (RIP): Discover His Films, Music Videos, Cartoons, Commercials,...
Image by Sasha Kargaltsev via Wikimedia Commons As every cinephile has by now heard, and lamented,...
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
8 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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TheCollector
11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
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Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
2 months ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Open Culture
The Scene That Reveals the Beauty of Classic Hollywood Cinema
1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year...
2 weeks ago
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
3 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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TheCollector
What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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TheCollector
Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
a year ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
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TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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Marathon: 7 Sites & Museums to Visit
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
12 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chattanooga?
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
5 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
TheCollector
Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
TheCollector
What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
Classical Wisdom
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Secret of the Stoics
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
11 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
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If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
8 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
TheCollector
HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
4 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
11 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
TheCollector
Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
8 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
9 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
TheCollector
The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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TheCollector
An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
TheCollector
How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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Flashbak
Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
4 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
8 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
7 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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TheCollector
The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
a year ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
9 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
TheCollector
8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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TheCollector
10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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TheCollector
Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
11 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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TheCollector
Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
2 months ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
a year ago
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
a month ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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a year ago
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....
over 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...
Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
6 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
Classical Wisdom
Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean
Take a Santa Pause
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TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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10 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Britain is institutionally 'anti-racist'
The road from Macpherson to Rotherham
2 days ago
The road from Macpherson to Rotherham
TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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TheCollector
‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
7 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
TheCollector
The Philippine-American War: The US’s First “Vietnam”
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Wrong Side of...
Britain's Chernobyl?
How bad will the fallout be?
6 days ago
How bad will the fallout be?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
TheCollector
Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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New Study May Reveal Stonehenge’s Mysterious Origins
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
7 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
7 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
3 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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10 months ago
Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
2 weeks ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
TheCollector
8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
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TheCollector
7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
7 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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TheCollector
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Texas
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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TheCollector
What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Street Shots of New York City in 1978
“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York...
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“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York 1978’, British photographer George Wright shows us the city. Having trained as a graphic design at London’s Wimbledon School of Art in the early 1970s, Wright took a class taught...
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Titus About?
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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African History...
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
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We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Flashbak
Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
9 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
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Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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What Was the League of Cambrai?
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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No Cheers for Authoritarianism
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A Collection of...
Collections: Coinage and the Tyranny of Fantasy ‘Gold’
This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly...
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This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly in the context of modern fantasy and roleplaying settings. In particular, the notions I want to tackle are first how did ancient currency systems work in terms of value (what...
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
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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...
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
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...and the Origins of the Universe
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Lost Battlefield of Alexander the Great Discovered in Türkiye
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Who Invented the Ukulele?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Eager Beaver Space Book (1962)
As I keep digging in my collection I have found Space Beavers! This was a promotional comic book...
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As I keep digging in my collection I have found Space Beavers! This was a promotional comic book from Cities Service gasoline. It probably was a give-away with purchase. It reflects the early 60s where the Mercury launches had taken place and we were looking ahead to the future....
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
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Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
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How was it for the ancient ladies?
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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What Languages Are on the Verge of Disappearing?
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Open Culture
The Night When Miles Davis Opened for the Grateful Dead (1970)
What’s that, you ask? Did Miles Davis open for the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore West? In what world...
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What’s that, you ask? Did Miles Davis open for the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore West? In what world could such a thing happen? In the world of the late sixties/early seventies, when jazz fused with acid rock, acid rock with country, and pop culture took a long strange trip. The...
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
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...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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