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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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The Two Big Games
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
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“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
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When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Into the Waste Land
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
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Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
Dreams of Space -...
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Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
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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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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
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Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
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a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Why are MYTHS Important?
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
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Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
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History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
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In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
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The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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Open Culture
The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
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Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less because they’re motivated by the belief in any particular deity than by how much time and money they now require to complete. Take New York’s Second Avenue subway, whose less than...
TheCollector
Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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TheCollector
6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Journal of African cities: chapter 13
Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
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Are standards elevating or elitist?
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Love, love, love
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TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Wood stove installation
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It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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