A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
3 weeks ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
TheCollector
Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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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?
TheCollector
What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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TheCollector
10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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TheCollector
Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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TheCollector
The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
3 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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TheCollector
How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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TheCollector
Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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4 days ago
History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
3 days ago
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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TheCollector
What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Flashbak
Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
TheCollector
Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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TheCollector
13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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TheCollector
Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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TheCollector
Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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TheCollector
Who Was Averroes?
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9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
3 weeks ago
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
TheCollector
Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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TheCollector
The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
3 months ago
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
TheCollector
5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
6 months ago
The Tragedy of the Trenches
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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TheCollector
The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
a year ago
TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
3 weeks ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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African History...
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
a year ago
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
TheCollector
Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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a year 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...
TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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TheCollector
Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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TheCollector
Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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TheCollector
Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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11 months ago
TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
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...
TheCollector
6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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TheCollector
Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
TheCollector
What Is the Will to Power?
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TheCollector
What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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TheCollector
5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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TheCollector
Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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7 months ago
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
Flashbak
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:...
3 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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TheCollector
Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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TheCollector
7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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TheCollector
5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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...
5 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 First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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TheCollector
The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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TheCollector
The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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a year ago
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.
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
6 days ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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TheCollector
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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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.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
3 weeks ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
TheCollector
Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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TheCollector
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
TheCollector
Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
10 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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TheCollector
Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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TheCollector
What Is Nestorianism?
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History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Mount Everest
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African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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TheCollector
Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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TheCollector
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
3 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
6 days ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
8 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
TheCollector
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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TheCollector
Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
a year ago
TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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TheCollector
How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
TheCollector
Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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TheCollector
French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
TheCollector
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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TheCollector
5 Military Geniuses From History
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TheCollector
What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
TheCollector
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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TheCollector
Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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TheCollector
10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
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This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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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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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
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Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
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Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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The True Knights Templar
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
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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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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
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Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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War in Dreamland
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Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
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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...
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Beware Value Dashboards
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Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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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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From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
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