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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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We’ve often featured the work of the Public Domain Review here on Open Culture, and also various searchable copyright-free image databases that have arisen over the years. It makes sense that those two worlds would collide, and now they’ve done so in the form of the just-launched...
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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The Sense Of An Ending.
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Patterns in Humanity
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Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
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a year ago
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Classical Wisdom
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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A History of the United States Senate
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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History Today Feed
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TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Flashbak
Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
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The Death of Clive of India
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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Classical Wisdom
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 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 November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
History Today Feed
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Classical Wisdom
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
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over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Who Was George Eliot?
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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A Clash Of Symbols
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
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When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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4 Important Philosophers of German Idealism You Should Know
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History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
a month ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
TheCollector
The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
8 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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a week ago
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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...
TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
a year ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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3 months ago
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
6 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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a year ago
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
3 months ago
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
TheCollector
5 Contemporary Artists Inspired by Baroque
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3 days ago
TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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9 months ago
Hidden History
The French Space Cat Felicette
France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the...
3 days ago
France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the first (and so far only) cat to enter space. It did not end well for the cat. In the aftermath of the Second World War, France, under the leadership of General Charles De Gaulle, was...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
TheCollector
NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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a year ago
History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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a year ago
TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
12 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
TheCollector
What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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2 months ago
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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...
2 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
a month ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
TheCollector
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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7 months ago
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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...
TheCollector
Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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4 months ago
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
a year ago
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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12 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Will to Power?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
a month ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
3 weeks ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
TheCollector
Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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2 months ago
weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
TheCollector
Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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10 months ago
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
a month ago
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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5 months ago
TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Voguing?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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7 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
2 months ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a week ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
7 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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7 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
a month ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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a week ago
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
7 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
4 weeks ago
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
TheCollector
5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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a year ago
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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...
6 months ago
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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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
a month ago
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
TheCollector
Who Was Walt Whitman?
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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9 months ago
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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a year ago
TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
5 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness