TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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6 months ago
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
2 weeks ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
TheCollector
Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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5 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
a month ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
What Is the Will to Power?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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TheCollector
What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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TheCollector
René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
a year ago
TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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a year ago
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...
9 months ago
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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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10 months ago
TheCollector
4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
TheCollector
10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a week ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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a month ago
TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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7 months ago
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?
TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vernon Lee?
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a month ago
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
TheCollector
Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
TheCollector
Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
6 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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a year ago
TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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a year ago
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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TheCollector
What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
11 months ago
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
TheCollector
Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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a year ago
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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TheCollector
Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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TheCollector
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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TheCollector
7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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4 months ago
Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
a month ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
TheCollector
Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
6 months ago
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
TheCollector
Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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a year ago
TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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a year ago
TheCollector
Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
3 weeks ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
10 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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2 months ago
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
TheCollector
What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
11 months ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
8 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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TheCollector
Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
9 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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a year ago
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
6 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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12 months ago
History Today Feed
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
a month ago
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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a year ago
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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11 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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4 months ago
TheCollector
King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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a year ago
TheCollector
Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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TheCollector
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
a month ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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TheCollector
Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Hundred Rabbits
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Corruption in the Ancient World
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Blast Off (1973)
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Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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The Electoral College Explained
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Understanding What's Happening in France.
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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The third framing
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Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
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Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
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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.
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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Nature in Greek Myth
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
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The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Who Was George Hodel?
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
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For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
TheCollector
Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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