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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Hidden History
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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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What Is Populism?
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Cultural Scenario Probabilities
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
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Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
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plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Hundred Rabbits
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.
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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TheCollector
James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
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journal of African cities chapter 9
History Today Feed
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
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One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
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TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
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Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
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African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
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...
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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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...
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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...
Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
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The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
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If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
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Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
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TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
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“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you...
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“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask… with nothing beneath it?” — Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes Volker Hermes lampoons traditional...
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
TheCollector
Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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2 months ago
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
a year ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
TheCollector
The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Open Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters...
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There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters to the future, then publish them in Time magazine as part of an ad campaign. In fact, that time wasn’t so very long ago: it was the year 1988, to be precise, when no less an...
TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
TheCollector
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
8 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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TheCollector
How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
3 weeks ago
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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11 months ago
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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6 months ago
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
TheCollector
Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
2 weeks ago
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
TheCollector
Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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