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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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Who Invented the Ukulele?
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
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Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
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‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
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TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 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...
TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
9 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
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Who is the God of Dreams?
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Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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Crime in the USA
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A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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Technology indistinguishable from magic
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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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
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
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Free French Bombers Over France
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
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But some things are more connected than others.
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Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
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The Philippine-American War: The US’s First “Vietnam”
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
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The Tragedy of the Trenches
African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
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The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Monsters and Myths
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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Another Of My Essays in French
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And some bits and pieces.
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
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How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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When Was the First Crusade?
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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TheCollector
Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
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The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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TheCollector
Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
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It was all too difficult, finally.
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Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
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The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
TheCollector
The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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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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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
TheCollector
6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
4 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
TheCollector
What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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TheCollector
Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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Why are MYTHS Important?
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
Flashbak
Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
3 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
a month ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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11 months ago
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
8 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
over a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
2 months ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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What Was Négritude?
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4 months ago
Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
3 days ago
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
3 weeks ago
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
3 weeks ago
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
a year ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Lost Battlefield of Alexander the Great Discovered in Türkiye
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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4 Important Philosophers of German Idealism You Should Know
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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10 months ago
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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9 months ago
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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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....
2 weeks ago
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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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
11 months ago
*Time Correction for Wednesday
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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3 months ago
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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a year ago
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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What Is Solipsism?
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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7 months ago
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
8 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
3 months ago
Flashbak
Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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What Turned the Tide in the Battle of the Atlantic?
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
7 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Street Shots of New York City in 1978
“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York...
yesterday
“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York 1978’, British photographer George Wright shows us the city. Having trained as a graphic design at London’s Wimbledon School of Art in the early 1970s, Wright took a class taught...
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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7 months ago
African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
9 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
a month ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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a year ago
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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