TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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a year ago
African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
TheCollector
History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
TheCollector
The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
4 months ago
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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4 months ago
African History...
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...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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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
How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
2 months ago
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
TheCollector
Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
a month ago
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
TheCollector
What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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TheCollector
Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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a year ago
TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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4 months 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
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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TheCollector
Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Flashbak
Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
TheCollector
Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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TheCollector
MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
2 months ago
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
TheCollector
What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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TheCollector
7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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TheCollector
10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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TheCollector
New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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TheCollector
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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TheCollector
What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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TheCollector
4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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TheCollector
What Is Capoeira?
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TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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TheCollector
What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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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...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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TheCollector
What Was Organization Todt?
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TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
a week ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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TheCollector
Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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TheCollector
Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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TheCollector
6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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TheCollector
King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
TheCollector
What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
a month ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
2 months ago
Heraclitus against Parmenides
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
TheCollector
Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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TheCollector
The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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TheCollector
7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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Flashbak
Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
3 weeks ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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TheCollector
What is the Eye of Ra?
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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TheCollector
Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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TheCollector
Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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TheCollector
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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TheCollector
7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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TheCollector
FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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TheCollector
What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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TheCollector
The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
a week ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
a week ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
TheCollector
Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Flashbak
Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
TheCollector
How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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TheCollector
Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
a month ago
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
TheCollector
7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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TheCollector
5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Chile
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Flashbak
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
3 weeks ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
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“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Weekend Roundup
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Does FREE WILL Exist?
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And if not, what are the consequences?
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What Is the Will to Power?
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
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The Shire must be brought to heel
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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We Are All Civilisational States
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It's just that some people don't realise it.
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
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“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
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a year ago
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African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
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a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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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...
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
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a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
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The international system, that is.
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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The World's First Computer
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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