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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
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Dreams of Space -...
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
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Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Overcoming Bias
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
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demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
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11 months ago
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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The end and the beginning of history
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
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over a year ago
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Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Oops! I did it again...
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History Today Feed
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
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a year ago
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
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“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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Artemisia of Caria
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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Final Call
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
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These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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The Essential Greeks
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TheCollector
Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
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It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
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When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Lost Battlefield of Alexander the Great Discovered in Türkiye
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
TheCollector
What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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TheCollector
The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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TheCollector
What Was Organization Todt?
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TheCollector
Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
TheCollector
Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
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“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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TheCollector
Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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Open Culture
Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s Poems “Waiting for the Barbarians” &...
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as...
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In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as being “set in ancient Rome.” That’s a reasonable interpretation, given that it contains an emperor, senators, and orators, though Cavafy himself said that none of them are...
TheCollector
Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
11 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
Overcoming Bias
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Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
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Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
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TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
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There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters to the future, then publish them in Time magazine as part of an ad campaign. In fact, that time wasn’t so very long ago: it was the year 1988, to be precise, when no less an...
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Global Inequality...
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The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
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Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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...
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