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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
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A re-run from a few years ago....
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“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
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a year ago
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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TheCollector
A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
TheCollector
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
TheCollector
A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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TheCollector
Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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TheCollector
What Is Capoeira?
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TheCollector
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
TheCollector
Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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TheCollector
Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
TheCollector
Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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TheCollector
Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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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
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
4 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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TheCollector
5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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TheCollector
5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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TheCollector
How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
2 months ago
TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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TheCollector
When Did the Korean War Start?
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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a year ago
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)
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
TheCollector
7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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TheCollector
What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
What Is Russian Futurism?
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TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Kido Butai?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
a month ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
TheCollector
Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
a month ago
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
Flashbak
Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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TheCollector
What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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11 months ago
Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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TheCollector
11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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TheCollector
8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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2 months ago
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
TheCollector
What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Continue Reading
TheCollector
10 Forgotten US Presidents
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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2 months ago
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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TheCollector
The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
a month ago
An indispensable organization
TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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8 months ago
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
2 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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