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Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
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From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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New Year, Old Books
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
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Inventing Cyrillic
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Too Much of Not A Lot
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
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The Ocarina
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Ovid's Dating Advice
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
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The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
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These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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How the South Became Republican
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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The Rise of Extractive Politics
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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How Can We Separate History from Myth?
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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Sex Before Sex Education
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
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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)...
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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...
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
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But the future worries me.
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
8 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
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The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
9 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
2 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
3 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
6 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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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...
4 weeks 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...
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
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Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2 weeks ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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Who Was George Hodel?
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
10 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Fate and Free Will
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
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The world that created Caravaggio
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Summary of changes for February
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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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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