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Service to what nation?
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Who Was George Hodel?
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Ovid's Dating Advice
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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over a year ago
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TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
TheCollector
The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Summary of changes for December
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
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Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
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An experiment with historical simulation
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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7 months ago
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Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
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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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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
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Classical Wisdom
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
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Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Summary of changes for March 2023
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
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Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
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Remind me what it was, exactly ....
TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
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Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Summary of changes for September 2023
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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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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What Is Nestorianism?
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History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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TheCollector
The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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Wrong Side of...
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
TheCollector
The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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Classical Wisdom
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
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The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
TheCollector
How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
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Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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History as Tragedy?
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
8 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
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And fiddling won't fix it.
Classical Wisdom
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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Mothers of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
TheCollector
What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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TheCollector
The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
TheCollector
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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Global Inequality...
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Wars and ideology simplified
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Wars and ideology simplified
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Another Of My Essays In French
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TheCollector
Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
3 weeks ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Chile
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
5 months ago
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
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
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TheCollector
Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
a week ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
TheCollector
Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
Flashbak
Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
TheCollector
Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
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TheCollector
What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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11 months ago
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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TheCollector
Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
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The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
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A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
TheCollector
Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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TheCollector
Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
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TheCollector
10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
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TheCollector
What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
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TheCollector
Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
TheCollector
5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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TheCollector
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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...
TheCollector
Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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TheCollector
What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
TheCollector
10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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TheCollector
Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
TheCollector
A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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TheCollector
The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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4 months ago
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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TheCollector
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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