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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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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...
5 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...
Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
TheCollector
10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Arizona
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
8 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
Flashbak
Views of Polar Regions: Watercolours By Queen Victoria’s Spy
Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an...
3 weeks ago
Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an English artist, naturalist, antiquary, illustrator, natural historian, soldier, explorer, writer and spy. That’s quite the package for a man who produced these drawings and...
Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
2 months ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
TheCollector
Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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TheCollector
The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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TheCollector
New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
TheCollector
Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
7 months ago
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
11 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
TheCollector
Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
a year ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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a year ago
Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
5 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
a month ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
9 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
TheCollector
A Brief History of Chile
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TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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a year ago
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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TheCollector
The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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TheCollector
7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
4 months ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
8 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
4 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
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...
TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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a year ago
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
a month ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
TheCollector
How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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TheCollector
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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8 months ago
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
2 months ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
The History of Communism in Vietnam: From the 1920s to Today
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TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
9 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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
Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
9 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
a month ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
10 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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a year ago
TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
3 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
a year ago
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
a month ago
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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8 months ago
African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
4 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
What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
11 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
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...
2 weeks 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
Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Ethical Values of Gen Z?
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TheCollector
4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
8 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
3 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
TheCollector
A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
9 months ago
TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
5 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
TheCollector
Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
11 months ago
TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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a year ago
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