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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
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Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
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Should We Glorify Caesar?
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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When Was the First Crusade?
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Young Technician December, 1957
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This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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What Is an Antipope?
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Hey everyone!
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month 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
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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TheCollector
British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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TheCollector
Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
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TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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What Was Négritude?
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Silver Shields: Alexander the Great’s Legendary Elite Troops
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
2 days ago
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
TheCollector
How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
a month ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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TheCollector
8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
3 weeks ago
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
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Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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TheCollector
What Is Russian Futurism?
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TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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TheCollector
The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
TheCollector
5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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TheCollector
How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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TheCollector
Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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TheCollector
Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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TheCollector
10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
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TheCollector
Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
a year ago
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
TheCollector
How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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TheCollector
What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
a month ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
TheCollector
Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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TheCollector
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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TheCollector
6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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TheCollector
How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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TheCollector
7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
a month ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
TheCollector
What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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TheCollector
10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World
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TheCollector
Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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TheCollector
Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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...
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
TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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TheCollector
What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
TheCollector
Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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TheCollector
Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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TheCollector
Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
4 months ago
TheCollector
Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
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