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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
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In Praise of the Preterite
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a year ago
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When Was the First Crusade?
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over a year ago
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
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Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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US President or American Caesar?
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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No Meta Status Orgs
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A History of Phantom Pain
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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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.
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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over a year ago
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
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Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
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What Is Gnosticism?
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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a year ago
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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...and the Origins of the Universe
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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The Philippine-American War: The US’s First “Vietnam”
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The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
11 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
10 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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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...
TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
3 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
TheCollector
5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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TheCollector
Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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Can Perfumes Be Art? Famous Artists Who Designed Perfume Bottles
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
12 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Open Culture
The Scene That Reveals the Beauty of Classic Hollywood Cinema
1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year...
yesterday
1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year in Movies author Tom Flannery, the so-called “Big Eight” major American studios “had a combined 590 actors, 114 directors and 340 writers under contract, each of whom worked an...
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TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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TheCollector
What Was Négritude?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
3 days ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
TheCollector
Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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...
Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
a year ago
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
TheCollector
Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
2 weeks ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
TheCollector
9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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TheCollector
The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
8 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
3 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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5 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
3 weeks ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
5 months ago
Flashbak
Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
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Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
2 months ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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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...
4 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
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
TheCollector
The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
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‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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4 months ago
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
TheCollector
The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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a year ago
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
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