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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
7 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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Fate and Free Will
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How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
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I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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Beyond Stoicism
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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The Epics Collection
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
8 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
10 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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What Is Philippians About?
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work?
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
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In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
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This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
6 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
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Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
TheCollector
Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
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How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
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“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
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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...
History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Secret of the Stoics
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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A History of the House of Savoy: From Its Origins to Its End
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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Who Won the Battle of Chattanooga?
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The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
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I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
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Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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The History of Left-Handedness: Why Is This a Bias?
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Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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What Were the Consolations of Boethius?
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
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“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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Sixth-Century Sword Unearthed in Anglo-Saxon Cemetery
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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11 Facts About Glenn Miller: The Musician Who Disappeared
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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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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Peter (Simon) of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Death, Legacy
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Happy Holidays!
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What Is Absolute Idealism According to Hegel?
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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10 Ancient Greek Sculptures You Must Know
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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TheCollector
What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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That's a good question.
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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Radio Caroline, the Pirate Radio Ship That Rocked the British Music World (1965)
Nowadays musicians can reach hundreds, thousands, sometimes millions of listeners with a few,...
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
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At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
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Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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What Was Jim Crow?
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Hundred Rabbits
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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...
Flashbak
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...
CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
a month ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
TheCollector
Discover This Historic Massachusetts Town Just Beyond Boston’s Reach
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How Did the Victorian Dead Body Trade Operate?
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a week ago
Classical Wisdom
Where did the time go?
Important Notice
a month ago
TheCollector
What Practices Did the Puritans Enjoy?
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4 days ago
TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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a month ago
TheCollector
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
4 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
TheCollector
How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
5 months ago
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
TheCollector
History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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9 months ago
African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
Popular Gladiator Weapons: Tools of the Arena
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TheCollector
What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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6 months ago
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
a month ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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5 months ago
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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a year ago
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
TheCollector
Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Open Culture
Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006)
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
3 weeks ago
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
5 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
10 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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4 weeks ago
African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
5 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
TheCollector
George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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7 months ago
African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
6 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
TheCollector
Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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4 months ago
Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
a year ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
TheCollector
What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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a year ago
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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7 months ago
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
What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
9 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
a month ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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9 months ago
TheCollector
1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
8 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
TheCollector
Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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4 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
2 months ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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8 months ago
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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a month ago
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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4 months ago
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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8 months ago
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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5 months ago
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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3 months ago
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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10 months ago
TheCollector
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
3 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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.
TheCollector
What Is Solipsism?
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a year ago
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Lineup Revealed for First Sotheby’s Auction in Saudi Arabia
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4 days ago
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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2 months ago
TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
4 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
11 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
Flashbak
Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
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...
a month ago
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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3 months ago
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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5 months ago
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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9 months ago
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Electoral College Explained
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
3 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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a year ago
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World
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Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
9 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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8 months ago
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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6 months ago
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10 Must-Visit Historic Sites in San Diego
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2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
11 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
TheCollector
Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
11 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
TheCollector
Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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3 months ago
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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a year ago
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