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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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And Those Like Him?
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Young Technician December, 1957
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
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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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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
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As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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The Sense Of An Ending.
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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over a year ago
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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History as Tragedy?
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
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In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
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On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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African History...
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State and society on Africa's largest island.
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State and society on Africa's largest island.
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Confessions from a Classics Lover
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
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The international system, that is.
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
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Undersea Base (1974)
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Summary of changes for November
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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
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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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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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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Summary of changes for December
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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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}.
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Who Was George Hodel?
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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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
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
TheCollector
Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
10 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
6 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
8 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
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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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
TheCollector
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
a month ago
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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TheCollector
The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
TheCollector
Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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History Today Feed
Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
TheCollector
A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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a year ago
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...
8 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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9 months ago
African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
4 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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TheCollector
Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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TheCollector
Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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...
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.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
TheCollector
Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
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The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
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Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
Who Was Averroes?
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
a week ago
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
3 weeks ago
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
TheCollector
New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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10 months ago
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
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
Plus... Merch!
a year ago
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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