TheCollector
The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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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...
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Patterns in Humanity
Age and infertility
Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
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Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
TheCollector
“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
2 months ago
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
7 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
10 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
9 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
6 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
6 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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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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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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Lineup Revealed for First Sotheby’s Auction in Saudi Arabia
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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Classical Wisdom
[Last Chance] The Essential Greeks
Starting TOMORROW - January 15th, 2025
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Starting TOMORROW - January 15th, 2025
TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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What Is the Will to Power?
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Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree
For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to...
3 weeks ago
For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to illuminate his home in Beverly Hills, California, with a magnificent tree. His granddaughter Suzanne says preparation began around Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November), when her...
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
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Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
10 months ago
You don't need to know that.
TheCollector
Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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The First Greek Philosopher
Beyond Mythology
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
3 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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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.
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
2 months ago
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
5 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
4 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
TheCollector
Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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7 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
a year ago
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
a year ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Odyssey
Homer's Homecoming
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
2 months ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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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
1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year in Movies author Tom Flannery, the so-called “Big Eight” major American studios “had a combined 590 actors, 114 directors and 340 writers under contract, each of whom worked an...
TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
5 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
6 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
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TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Hidden History
The French Space Cat Felicette
France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the...
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France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the first (and so far only) cat to enter space. It did not end well for the cat. In the aftermath of the Second World War, France, under the leadership of General Charles De Gaulle, was...
TheCollector
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
9 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
4 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
4 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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A History of the United States Senate
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
2 months ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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In Defence of Boring Books
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Liberation of the Oppressed: What Is Liberation Theology?
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
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Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Games Nations Play.
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But they forget the people and the Street.
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Global Inequality...
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
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A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
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7 Depictions of War by Famous Artists Everyone Should Know
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
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Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
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1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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Free French Bombers Over France
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Free French Bombers Over France
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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6 Ancient Greek and Roman Classics Everyone Should Read
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
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2 months ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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The Collector’s Guide for the Art Fair
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
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It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Colorado
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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Happy Holidays
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
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Should you meet your heroes?
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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The Threat of Back to Normal
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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Monsters and Myths
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Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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Rituals and Religion
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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