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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
What Is a Banana Republic?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
New Event: January 7th, 2025
6 days ago
New Event: January 7th, 2025
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
TheCollector
Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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8 months ago
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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6 months ago
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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a month ago
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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7 months ago
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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8 months ago
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...
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
a week ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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5 months ago
weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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4 weeks ago
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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7 months ago
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
TheCollector
Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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a year ago
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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3 months ago
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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a year ago
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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a month ago
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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7 months ago
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
3 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
4 weeks ago
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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11 months ago
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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11 months ago
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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11 months ago
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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11 months ago
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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a month ago
Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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9 months ago
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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a year ago
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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2 months ago
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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5 months ago
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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4 months ago
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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What Was Jim Crow?
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9 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
a month ago
American polarisation: part 2
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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a year ago
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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3 months ago
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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11 months ago
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
Flashbak
Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
9 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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a month ago
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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a year ago
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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6 months ago
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.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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4 months ago
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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9 months ago
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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a year ago
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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4 months ago
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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11 months ago
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What Is Nestorianism?
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2 months ago
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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11 months ago
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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a month ago
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
The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a week ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
3 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
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
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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5 months ago
African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
TheCollector
3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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8 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
6 days ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
TheCollector
Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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a year ago
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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8 months ago
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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a year ago
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
3 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
TheCollector
James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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5 months ago
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