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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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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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The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
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And some bits and pieces.
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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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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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
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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. ...
History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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And the Boundless Universe
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
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It's worse than you probably imagine.
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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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.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
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Or does war have its virtues?
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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...
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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...
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Plutarch and Pleasure
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
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An experiment with historical simulation
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
Flashbak
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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The Modern World Is Boring.
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Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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We-ell, you know ....
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The Julio-Claudians
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
Open Culture
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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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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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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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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What Is Nestorianism?
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Getting our events straight...
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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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.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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an island in the maelstrom
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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History Today Feed
A History of Phantom Pain
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A History of Phantom Pain
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
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It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
History Today Feed
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
TheCollector
Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
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In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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What Was the First Written Language?
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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
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The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
4 months ago
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...
TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
10 Forgotten US Presidents
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
a month ago
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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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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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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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...
TheCollector
Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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TheCollector
Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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TheCollector
Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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TheCollector
The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Flashbak
Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
7 months ago
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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TheCollector
When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
TheCollector
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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Flashbak
Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
3 weeks ago
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
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
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7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
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7 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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TheCollector
The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
Classical Wisdom
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a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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TheCollector
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
African History...
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In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
TheCollector
Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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TheCollector
Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
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TheCollector
5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
TheCollector
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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TheCollector
Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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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...
3 days ago
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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4 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
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The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Classical Wisdom
The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
TheCollector
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Classical Wisdom
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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4 months ago
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
a month ago
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
6 days ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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