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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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How Can We Love Ourselves?
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Dr Alun Withey
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Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
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We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
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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...
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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US President or American Caesar?
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
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Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Hidden History
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
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On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Dreams of Space -...
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
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Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
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Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Res Obscura
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The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
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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...
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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TheCollector
Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
TheCollector
The History of Appalachia & Its People
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
Flashbak
Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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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
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
a year ago
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
TheCollector
Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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TheCollector
Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
6 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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TheCollector
3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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TheCollector
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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TheCollector
How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
a month ago
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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...
TheCollector
5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
6 days ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
TheCollector
Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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TheCollector
The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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TheCollector
Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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Flashbak
Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
3 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Flashbak
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...
History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
a month ago
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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TheCollector
What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
TheCollector
8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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TheCollector
Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
5 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
TheCollector
Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
a week ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
TheCollector
Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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...
TheCollector
‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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TheCollector
Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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8 months ago
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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TheCollector
How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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TheCollector
10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
TheCollector
6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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TheCollector
American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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TheCollector
Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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