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plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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TheCollector
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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And the Boundless Universe
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No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
TheCollector
Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
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I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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The politics of physiocracy
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Eternal Glory
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a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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A History of the United States Senate
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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Hundred Rabbits
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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
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
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The KGB After Stalin
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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Plato On Knowledge
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
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Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
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The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
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“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
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The international system, that is.
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
a year ago
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
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TheCollector
John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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Classical Wisdom
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
A Collection of...
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This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
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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,...
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Hundred Rabbits
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In...
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
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When Was D-Day?
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The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
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China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
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From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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What Was Négritude?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
a month ago
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
TheCollector
Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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5 days ago
History Today Feed
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
Flashbak
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
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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8 months ago
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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a month ago
TheCollector
5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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a month ago
Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
12 months ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
TheCollector
The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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a year ago
Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
TheCollector
5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
5 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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2 weeks ago
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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a month ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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a year ago
TheCollector
Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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a year ago
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
7 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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4 months ago
Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
TheCollector
How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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a week ago
TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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3 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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7 months ago
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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7 months ago
TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
TheCollector
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
TheCollector
8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
3 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
TheCollector
Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
a month ago
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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a week ago
TheCollector
End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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a year ago
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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a year ago
TheCollector
British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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7 months ago
TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
a month ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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3 months ago
TheCollector
4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
3 weeks ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
TheCollector
5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
11 months ago
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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5 months ago
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
TheCollector
What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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a year ago
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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8 months ago
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