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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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The Great Experience (1963)
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a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
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A History of the United States Senate
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
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Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
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State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
8 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
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Belief in the Ancient World
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
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a month ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
3 weeks ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
11 months ago
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
TheCollector
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
a month ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
7 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
TheCollector
Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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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
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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Who Was Vortigern?
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
10 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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...
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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