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...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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Moving With the Times?
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Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
11 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
TheCollector
Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
6 months ago
Which Playwright did it better?
Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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...
TheCollector
A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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3 days ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
TheCollector
Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 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 History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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6 months ago
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
2 months ago
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
TheCollector
8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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TheCollector
How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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8 months ago
Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
2 weeks ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
Seats Still Available
2 weeks ago
CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
2 days ago
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
TheCollector
Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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TheCollector
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
TheCollector
Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
9 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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4 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
TheCollector
Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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TheCollector
The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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6 months ago
TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
TheCollector
Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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3 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
a month ago
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
a year ago
Historical origins of the malaise
TheCollector
Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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9 months ago
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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a year ago
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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5 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
a month ago
The Shire must be brought to heel
TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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TheCollector
How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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TheCollector
8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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11 months ago
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
3 weeks ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
TheCollector
Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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a year ago
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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TheCollector
Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Cotton & How It Changed the World
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
TheCollector
What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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a week ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
2 days ago
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
TheCollector
Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
a year ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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11 months ago
Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
4 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 Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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7 months ago
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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2 months ago
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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10 months ago
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