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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
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The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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6 months ago
Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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a week ago
TheCollector
King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
9 months ago
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
4 months ago
Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
Who Were the Maccabees?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
10 months ago
History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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12 months ago
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the History of Gin?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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2 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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a month ago
TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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5 months ago
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
a month ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
TheCollector
Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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8 months ago
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
TheCollector
What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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3 days ago
TheCollector
UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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a year ago
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
TheCollector
D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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10 months ago
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
TheCollector
Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
TheCollector
The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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3 weeks ago
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
4 days ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
TheCollector
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
TheCollector
What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 African Myths About Animals
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5 months ago
TheCollector
4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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a month ago
TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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a year ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the First Triumvirate?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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8 months ago
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
TheCollector
10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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12 hours ago
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
11 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
What Is the Will to Power?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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2 months ago
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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a year ago
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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2 days ago
TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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a year ago
TheCollector
How to Read Film Like a Language
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago