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China’s Communist Comic Books
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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...
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
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Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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TheCollector
What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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...and the feared Persian Army
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Classical Wisdom
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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The order of inequality
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
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Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
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This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Flashbak
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According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
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According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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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. ...
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
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government in central Africa.
Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
Classical Wisdom
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Aristotle on Friendship
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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The First Biographers
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
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I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
TheCollector
Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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History Today Feed
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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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
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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...
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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The Art of Pompeii
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Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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What Was Négritude?
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Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
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