TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Hundred Rabbits
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Global Inequality...
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A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
TheCollector
Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
11 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
TheCollector
More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
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Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
TheCollector
Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
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Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
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Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
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Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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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.
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
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Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
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TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
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Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
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Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
7 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
10 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
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An indispensable organization
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
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In politics, well, it depends.
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
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It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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*Time Correction for Wednesday
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*Time Correction for Wednesday
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
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Even if the artists don't realise it.
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Trying to Understand...
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Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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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...
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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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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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The Secret Life of Latin
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
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I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
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We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
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In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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7 African Myths About Animals
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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Wrong Side of...
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This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Global Inequality...
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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US President or American Caesar?
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
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Does what goes around come around?
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Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
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Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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How to Give a Speech
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
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Without living forever in fear and worry?
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
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“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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How Did Socrates Die?
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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