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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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The Secrets of Crete
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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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...
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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...
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
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I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
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We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
5 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
a month ago
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
11 months ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
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American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
yesterday
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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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
7 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
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Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
a year ago
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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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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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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