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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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a year ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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TheCollector
Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
2 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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a year ago
TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
TheCollector
7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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a year ago
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
a month ago
TheCollector
9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
TheCollector
Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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8 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?
Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
2 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
6 days ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
9 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
2 months ago
TheCollector
What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
9 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
TheCollector
Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
a month ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
TheCollector
Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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7 months ago
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
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...
a month 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...
TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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a week ago
TheCollector
The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
2 weeks ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Conceptual Photography?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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3 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
TheCollector
When Was the First Flight in History?
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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a year ago
Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What is the Eye of Ra?
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a year ago
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