Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
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This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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
TheCollector
10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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A History of the United States Senate
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates Die?
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Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
TheCollector
Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
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What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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The Tragedy of Ajax
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
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The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
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*my article for ROAPE journal
TheCollector
Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
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What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
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TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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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.
TheCollector
How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
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Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
TheCollector
What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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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 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...
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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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...
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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...
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Dealing With Foreigners ...
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a year ago
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Monsters and Myths
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
11 months ago
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
6 months ago
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
TheCollector
Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
TheCollector
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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TheCollector
Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
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3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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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...
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.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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African History...
Join me on Notes
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
a year ago
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 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,...
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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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
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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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.
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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‘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
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
7 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
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How can we train Resilience?
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
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“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
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Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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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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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
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[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
a year ago
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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