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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
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What Was the First Written Language?
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
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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...
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Devant la guerre
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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History Today Feed
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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How important are dreams?
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Should we pay attention to them?
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James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
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Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
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When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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TheCollector
What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
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You don't need to know that.
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Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
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The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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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...
Classical Wisdom
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
Classical Wisdom
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
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This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
TheCollector
The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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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...
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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
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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TheCollector
John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
8 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
a month ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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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
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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The Tudor War on Libel
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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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
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
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A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
TheCollector
How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
10 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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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
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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a year ago
African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
2 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
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Wars and ideology simplified
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...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
TheCollector
11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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TheCollector
Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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TheCollector
Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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TheCollector
What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
TheCollector
Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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TheCollector
Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
Flashbak
New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
TheCollector
Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
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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
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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a year ago
African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
a month ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
2 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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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...
a month ago
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
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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6 months ago
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...
8 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...
Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
2 weeks ago
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
TheCollector
Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
5 months ago
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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8 months ago
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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6 months ago
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
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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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
TheCollector
7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
a year ago
Art of the Hellenistic Period
TheCollector
5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
a month ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
TheCollector
What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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2 months ago
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
6 days ago
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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a year ago
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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a year ago
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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a year ago
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
10 months ago
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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