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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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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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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974)
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still...
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51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still considered a kind of bible of political reporting,” noted Matt Taibbi in a 40th anniversary edition of the book. Fear and Loathing ’72 entered the canon of American political...
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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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...
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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...
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Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Aristotle on Friendship
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
a year ago
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
7 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
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a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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The Secret Life of Latin
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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African History...
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
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100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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Flashbak
AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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TheCollector
Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
8 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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The World in a Cloverleaf: A World Map from 1581
In 1581, the medieval cartographer and Protestant theologian Heinrich Bünting created a symbolic map...
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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New Study May Reveal Stonehenge’s Mysterious Origins
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Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Why drug history?
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Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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How to Steal From Homer
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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African History...
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Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
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There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Pollution & Deforestation in the Medieval World
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
2 months ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
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The Tragedy of the Trenches
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Macron is Safe for the Moment
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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The First Roman Empress and More...
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
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Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
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A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
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A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
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How to Give a Speech
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Aristotle's Politics
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
a year ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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What Languages Are on the Verge of Disappearing?
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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Hundred Rabbits
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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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Travels in the Air, 1871
“The balloon was isolated, as if it were in a vacuum; beneath us stretches an immense abyss, above...
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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And stop saying "it's not fair!"
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Must-See English Castles
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
5 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
12 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
3 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
2 months ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
10 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
5 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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a year ago
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
a year ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
8 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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TheCollector
Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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7 months ago
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...
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 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...
History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
8 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Can’t-Miss South American Films
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
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TheCollector
What Is Second Timothy About?
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TheCollector
What Is the Pauline Epistle Titus About?
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TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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TheCollector
Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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6 months ago
TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
a month ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
TheCollector
Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
9 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
a month ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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a year ago
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.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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TheCollector
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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TheCollector
What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
a month ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
TheCollector
Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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TheCollector
Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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TheCollector
Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
TheCollector
What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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TheCollector
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
8 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
a month ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
TheCollector
7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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10 months ago
Flashbak
‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
2 months ago
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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TheCollector
Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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TheCollector
What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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5 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
3 weeks ago
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
2 months ago
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
9 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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11 months ago
Open Culture
Watch 950 Weather Reports Presented by David Lynch, Straight from His Los Angeles Home
Los Angeles is hardly a city known for its varied weather, but if one lives there long enough, one...
11 hours ago
Los Angeles is hardly a city known for its varied weather, but if one lives there long enough, one does become highly attuned to its many subtleties. (Granted, some of the local phenomena involved, like the notorious Santa Ana winds, can produce far-from-subtle effects.) The late...
Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
4 weeks ago
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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8 months ago
African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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8 months ago
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