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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Travels in the Air, 1871
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
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Out of This World (1953)
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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a year ago
Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
a month ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
TheCollector
Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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TheCollector
Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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6 months ago
African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
5 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
a year ago
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
History Today Feed
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
10 months ago
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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9 months ago
African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
11 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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a year ago
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
a year ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
TheCollector
Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
Open Culture
The World in a Cloverleaf: A World Map from 1581
In 1581, the medieval cartographer and Protestant theologian Heinrich Bünting created a symbolic map...
a week ago
In 1581, the medieval cartographer and Protestant theologian Heinrich Bünting created a symbolic map of the world that adorned his book Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae (Travel Through Holy Scripture). Hand-colored and shaped like a three-leaf clover, the map put Jerusalem at its...
TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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a year ago
Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
8 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
a year ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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3 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
TheCollector
The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
11 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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8 months ago
TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
4 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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11 months ago
CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
3 weeks ago
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
History Today Feed
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
4 months ago
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
TheCollector
Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
over a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
Open Culture
Everything You Need to Know About Saturday Night Live: A Deep Dive into Every Season of the Iconic...
Saturday Night Live began its 50th season last fall, around the same time as the premiere of Jason...
6 days ago
Saturday Night Live began its 50th season last fall, around the same time as the premiere of Jason Reitman’s film Saturday Night, which dramatizes the program’s 1975 debut. All of this has put fans into something of a retrospective mood, especially if they happen to have been...
TheCollector
Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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TheCollector
8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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12 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
3 weeks ago
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
a month ago
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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TheCollector
Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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TheCollector
5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
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
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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a year ago
TheCollector
Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
2,000-year-old wine and the uncanny immediacy of the past
Why artifacts like the Carmona Wine Urn, the Pazyryk Rug, and the Sword of Goujian are so important
4 days ago
Why artifacts like the Carmona Wine Urn, the Pazyryk Rug, and the Sword of Goujian are so important
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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TheCollector
Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
10 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
TheCollector
Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
Open Culture
Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s Poems “Waiting for the Barbarians” &...
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as...
2 weeks ago
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as being “set in ancient Rome.” That’s a reasonable interpretation, given that it contains an emperor, senators, and orators, though Cavafy himself said that none of them are...
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
4 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
TheCollector
6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
a year ago
The Life and Work of Pheidias
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
6 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
TheCollector
What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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5 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
2 months ago
TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
8 months ago
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
TheCollector
Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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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
10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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a year ago
Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
a month ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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TheCollector
The Angolan Civil War: 26 Years of Fighting
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TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
TheCollector
Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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TheCollector
Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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TheCollector
5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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6 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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a year ago
TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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7 months ago
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
10 Can’t-Miss South American Films
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TheCollector
What is Pantheism in Art?
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TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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