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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
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This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Ancient Olympics
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This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
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We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
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It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
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Have they any idea what they are talking about?
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Have they any idea what they are talking about?
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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The KGB After Stalin
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The KGB After Stalin
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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Death of the King of Siam
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A history of the monastic high life
Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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... and the Fall of the Republic
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
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This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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Dreams of Space -...
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From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
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Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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The Birth of Ovid
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TheCollector
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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TheCollector
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Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
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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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TheCollector
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
TheCollector
6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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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...
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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,...
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Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Do Words Matter?
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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What Is the Didache?
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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*Time Correction for Wednesday
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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What Is Solipsism?
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
a month ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Appropriation in Art?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is Pantheism in Art?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Less than ONE Week Left
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
TheCollector
Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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a week ago
Global Inequality...
Three steps to freedom
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
10 months ago
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
8 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
6 days ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
a year ago
TheCollector
Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months 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, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
TheCollector
First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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2 months ago
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
Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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3 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
6 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
10 months ago
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
8 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Tertullian?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
3 months ago
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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a year ago
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
TheCollector
6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
2 weeks ago
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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a week ago
TheCollector
Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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a year ago
Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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a year ago
TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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a year ago
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
a year ago
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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4 months ago
TheCollector
4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
2 months ago
TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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4 months ago
Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
9 months ago
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
10 months ago
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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a month ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
a year ago
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
4 weeks ago
The Art of the Interesting
TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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