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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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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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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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Summary of changes for June
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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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
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American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
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Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
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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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Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
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Urbanism in the forest region.
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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What Is Populism?
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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The Wages Of Fear
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
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I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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The Electoral College Explained
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Banned Book Week Begins...
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Banned Book Week Begins...
African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
TheCollector
Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
TheCollector
The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
3 weeks ago
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
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Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
TheCollector
The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
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TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
10 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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TheCollector
Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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TheCollector
Cotton & How It Changed the World
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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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
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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TheCollector
Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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TheCollector
Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
TheCollector
‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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TheCollector
Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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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...
a week ago
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...
TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
2 weeks ago
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
TheCollector
Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
3 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
TheCollector
What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
TheCollector
6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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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
Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
TheCollector
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
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8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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