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The July 17, 1929 issue of Variety carried a notice about a laugh-filled new short film in which...
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The July 17, 1929 issue of Variety carried a notice about a laugh-filled new short film in which “skeletons hoof and frolic,” the peak of whose hilarity “is reached when one skeleton plays the spine of another in xylophone fashion, using a pair of thigh bones as hammers.” The...
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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Patterns in Humanity
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In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
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In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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That's The Truth?
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In politics, well, it depends.
Dreams of Space -...
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Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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The Two Big Games
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
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 Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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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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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
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Overcoming Bias
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Christians often ask themselves, as a guide to living, “What would Jesus do?” In her new book Open...
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Another Of My Essays in French
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And some bits and pieces of news.
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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What Is Gnosticism?
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African History...
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TheCollector
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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Hundred Rabbits
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Bringing It All Back Home
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Hey everyone!
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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What Is Colossians About?
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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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...
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This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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What Was Organization Todt?
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weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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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...
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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...
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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Open Culture
10,000+ Free Online Certificates & Badges: A Resource for Lifelong Learners
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
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The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Patterns in Humanity
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Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
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Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
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The General History of Africa
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
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TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
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over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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TheCollector
5 Women in Philosophy of Science You Should Know
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wrong Side of...
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
TheCollector
What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
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Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Open Culture
Watch Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo and Gertie the Dinosaur, and Witness the Birth of Modern Animation...
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“Considering that, in a cartoon, anything can happen that the mind can imagine, the comics have generally depicted pretty mundane worlds,” writes Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson. “Sure, there have been talking animals, a few spaceships and whatnot, but the comics have...
TheCollector
Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
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Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
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The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
Flashbak
12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
TheCollector
Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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Classical Wisdom
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Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
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But the future worries me.
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
a year ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
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The Story of Thebes
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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11 Facts About Glenn Miller: The Musician Who Disappeared
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
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In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
TheCollector
Explore Frida Kahlo’s Composition Techniques in 6 Works
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
11 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
7 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
5 months ago
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
2 months ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
a year ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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8 Things You Didn’t Know About Eva Perón
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