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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
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At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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The Essential Greeks
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
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A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
TheCollector
Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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And does it need to be true to be important?
TheCollector
What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
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“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” – Philip K. Dick, VALIS William H. Matthews leads us through his 1922 book Mazes and Labyrinths from his home in Ruislip in the English county of Middlesex. Compiled shortly...
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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What Government Governs Best?
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Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone!
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3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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6 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
5 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
TheCollector
The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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Where did the time go?
Important Notice
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TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
TheCollector
The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
TheCollector
The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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The "New" Ancient City
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
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Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Flashbak
Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
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7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
TheCollector
Who Was Susan Sontag?
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History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
a year ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
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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!
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The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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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 …...
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
TheCollector
An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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African History...
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state and society in south-central Africa
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state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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TheCollector
Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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That's a good question.
a year ago
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
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The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Wrong Side of...
The Indian-American century
On the Anglo-Indo-sphere
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TheCollector
Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
a month ago
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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TheCollector
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
a year ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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5 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Classical Wisdom
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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Flashbak
Lightning Strikes: William Jennings’ Early Photographs of Elusive Electricity
Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of...
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Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of his adopted city of Philadelphia and the aeronautical industry, and photographs of lightning. Setting out to prove “lightning bolts were not of the zig-zag form pictured by artists”,...
TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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TheCollector
Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
10 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
2 months ago
TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
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What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
4 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
TheCollector
The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
a month ago
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
TheCollector
Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
History Today Feed
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
TheCollector
Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
2 months ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
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TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Classical Wisdom
Euripides
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The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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How to Steal From Homer
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
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The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
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The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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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...
Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
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Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
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Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
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Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
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Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
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Summary of changes for April 2023
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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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
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At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting January 15th, 2025
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
12 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
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With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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Wrong Side of...
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
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When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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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...
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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...
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
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Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
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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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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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