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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
a week ago
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
TheCollector
Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
8 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
3 months ago
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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8 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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6 days ago
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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10 months ago
Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
TheCollector
Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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6 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
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...
Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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a month ago
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
5 months ago
TheCollector
Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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8 months ago
African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
a month ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
History Today Feed
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
TheCollector
Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
10 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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4 months ago
TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
6 days ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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a month ago
History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
6 days ago
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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5 months ago
TheCollector
8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
TheCollector
Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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5 months ago
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...
TheCollector
5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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TheCollector
The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
TheCollector
Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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a year ago
TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year 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
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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4 weeks ago
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
5 days ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
TheCollector
10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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TheCollector
Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
TheCollector
The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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10 months ago
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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11 months ago
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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a year ago
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
TheCollector
Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
6 months ago
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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5 months ago
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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8 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
4 months ago
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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a month ago
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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10 months ago
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