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What Is Solipsism?
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
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Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Flashbak
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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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
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a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
TheCollector
What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
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The Tudor War on Libel
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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
TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
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Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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TheCollector
8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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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
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
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TheCollector
A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Classical Wisdom
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Blindspots and Biographies
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Blindspots and Biographies
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
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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...
TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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Who Was George Eliot?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
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7 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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History Today Review of the Year
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j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
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Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
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a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
TheCollector
Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
4 months ago
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Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
TheCollector
Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Flashbak
16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
TheCollector
Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
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Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
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American polarisation: part 2
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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A History of the United States Senate
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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TheCollector
How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Flashbak
AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
TheCollector
Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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TheCollector
4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
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Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
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Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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