TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Flashbak
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...
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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...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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TheCollector
What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad?
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TheCollector
Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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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.
TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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TheCollector
Cotton & How It Changed the World
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TheCollector
How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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TheCollector
8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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TheCollector
L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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TheCollector
What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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TheCollector
10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
7 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
TheCollector
5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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TheCollector
How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
4 months ago
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
TheCollector
What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
a week ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Classical Wisdom
The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
TheCollector
What Is Appropriation in Art?
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TheCollector
10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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TheCollector
Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
TheCollector
10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
TheCollector
5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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TheCollector
How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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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
Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
a week ago
African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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TheCollector
10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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TheCollector
‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
2 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
TheCollector
The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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TheCollector
What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
10 months ago
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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6 months ago
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,...
2 days ago
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...
History Today Feed
The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
TheCollector
The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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a year ago
Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
a month ago
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
7 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
TheCollector
Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
6 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
6 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
6 months ago
TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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TheCollector
4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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a year ago
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
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.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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a year ago
TheCollector
1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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8 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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TheCollector
4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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TheCollector
Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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TheCollector
Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
TheCollector
Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
3 weeks ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
TheCollector
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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2 months 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...
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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TheCollector
What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
TheCollector
Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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TheCollector
A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
2 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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TheCollector
Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
4 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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3 months ago
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
Classical Wisdom
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
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The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
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Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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The First Roman Empress and More...
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The KGB After Stalin
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The KGB After Stalin
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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What Is Theodicy?
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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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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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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