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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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4 Important Philosophers of German Idealism You Should Know
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
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Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Classical Wisdom
Democracy
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023
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a year ago
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Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Sparta and… Scotland?
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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The Metamorphoses du Jour by JJ Grandville – 1829
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Getting Used To Being Weak.
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
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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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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Why Did Rome Fall?
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
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Urbanism in the forest region.
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The True Knights Templar
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Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
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Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
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Can't Do, Won't Do!
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But striking poses is fun and easy.
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A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
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A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Reality Would Like A Word.
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The Life of Plato
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Leeds Kids the 1970s
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Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the picture below of kids ‘tobogganing’ down a dry, rocky slope in the northern English city of Leeds in the 1970s “The Cresta Run”. It is not the original Cresta Run, which is a...
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Rome's Greatest Epic
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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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...
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
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TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
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Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
TheCollector
What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
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Why the liberal project will fail
TheCollector
Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Flashbak
Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 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,...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Chile
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Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
TheCollector
JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
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In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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Who Was Tertullian?
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African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Some lessons from history and archaeology
Open Culture
Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974)
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still...
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51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still considered a kind of bible of political reporting,” noted Matt Taibbi in a 40th anniversary edition of the book. Fear and Loathing ’72 entered the canon of American political...
TheCollector
Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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History Today Feed
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
a month ago
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
Dr Alun Withey
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Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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A History of the United States Senate
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
11 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
TheCollector
New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
How to Read Film Like a Language
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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History Today Feed
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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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,...
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
TheCollector
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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