TheCollector
10 Forgotten US Presidents
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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Early Christian Poetry
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Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
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TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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TheCollector
Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
TheCollector
Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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Ancient Podcasts
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
a year ago
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
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.
TheCollector
Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
10 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
TheCollector
What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
3 weeks ago
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 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 March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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TheCollector
Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
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The Shire must be brought to heel
TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
a week ago
TheCollector
Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
TheCollector
Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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TheCollector
Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Flashbak
A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
TheCollector
10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
11 months ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
TheCollector
Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Flashbak
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...
6 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
Flashbak
Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
Hundred Rabbits
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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...
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Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
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Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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In Praise of the Preterite
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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Dreams of Space -...
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a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
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This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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African History...
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finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
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This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
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How the CCP is Closing China
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How the CCP is Closing China
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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Global Inequality...
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I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
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.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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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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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
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Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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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 …...
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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