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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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Dreams of Space -...
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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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 ...
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Dreams of Space -...
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
TheCollector
Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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a year ago
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
TheCollector
1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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a year ago
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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10 months ago
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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3 months ago
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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a year ago
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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a year ago
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
10 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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5 months ago
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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10 months ago
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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3 months ago
African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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a year ago
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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a year ago
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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7 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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10 months ago
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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4 months ago
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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a year ago
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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5 days ago
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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a year ago
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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a year ago
Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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10 months ago
TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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10 months ago
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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a year ago
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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a year ago
Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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7 months ago
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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7 months ago
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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8 months ago
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
Flashbak
SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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11 months ago
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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a year ago
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What Is the Will to Power?
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a year ago
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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3 months ago
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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8 months ago
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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a year ago
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What Is the Didache?
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10 months ago
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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6 months ago
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
TheCollector
Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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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?
TheCollector
Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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7 months ago
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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a year ago
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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3 weeks ago
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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4 months ago
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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11 months ago
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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3 months ago
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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11 months ago
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
4 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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7 months ago
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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a year ago
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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9 months ago
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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a month ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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a year ago
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
5 months ago
African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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