TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
7 months ago
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
TheCollector
Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
TheCollector
Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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TheCollector
Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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TheCollector
Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
TheCollector
Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
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a year ago
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
5 months ago
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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TheCollector
Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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weird medieval guys
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Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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TheCollector
What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
TheCollector
Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
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TheCollector
7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
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Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
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TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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Beyond Stoicism
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
TheCollector
Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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...
History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
2 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
TheCollector
Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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...
TheCollector
Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
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An indispensable organization
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
7 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
Flashbak
Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
TheCollector
Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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9 months ago
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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