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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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How the South Became Republican
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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How the South Became Republican
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
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Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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Who Was George Hodel?
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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Sex Before Sex Education
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
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And what happens when we don’t?
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
TheCollector
Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
TheCollector
Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“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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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
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...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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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...
6 months ago
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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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
11 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
TheCollector
Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
6 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
TheCollector
Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
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...and the feared Persian Army
TheCollector
The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
TheCollector
Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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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...
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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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....
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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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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Roman Empire Podcasts
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
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War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
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Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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
Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
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Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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