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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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What Is Voguing?
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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How to Steal From Homer
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
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In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
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Hundred Rabbits
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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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
TheCollector
Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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History Today Feed
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Wrong Side of...
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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African History...
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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... and the Fall of the Republic
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
Flashbak
‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
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Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
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The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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African History...
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Classical Wisdom
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History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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TheCollector
Who Was Vercingetorix?
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Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
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Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
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3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
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Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Empress Theodora
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
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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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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a year ago
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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10 months ago
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
7 months ago
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
TheCollector
The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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2 months ago
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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a year ago
TheCollector
Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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4 months ago
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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2 months ago
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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a year ago
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
2 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
2 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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4 months ago
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Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
TheCollector
The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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a month ago
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
TheCollector
Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
a month ago
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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4 months ago
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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2 months ago
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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7 months ago
TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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6 months ago
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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a year ago
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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8 months ago
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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5 months ago
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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9 months ago
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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8 months ago
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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2 months ago
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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a year ago
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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3 months ago
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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9 months ago
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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4 weeks ago
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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9 months ago
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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8 months ago
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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4 months ago
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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10 months ago
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
TheCollector
8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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a month ago
Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
2 months ago
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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11 months ago
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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6 months ago
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Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
a month ago
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
TheCollector
Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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4 months ago
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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6 months ago
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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a year ago
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
5 months ago
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
7 hours ago
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
TheCollector
6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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10 months ago
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
13 English Words with Greek Origins
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a year ago
TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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11 months ago
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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a year ago
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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7 months ago
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