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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
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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...
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
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1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII
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How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
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History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
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“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
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There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
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Winning the day and losing the war.
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TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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History Today Feed
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
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Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
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Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
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This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
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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...
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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
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Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
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TheCollector
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
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a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
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Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Flashbak
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
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
TheCollector
How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
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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...
2 months ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
TheCollector
Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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TheCollector
Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
TheCollector
The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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TheCollector
Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
5 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
TheCollector
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
8 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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TheCollector
Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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TheCollector
Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
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...
TheCollector
8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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TheCollector
The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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...
9 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...
African History...
The Meroitic script and the documents of ancient Kush (ca. 300BC-450CE)
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic...
5 days ago
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic scripts of the ancient world.
Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
TheCollector
5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
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We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Will The West Eat Itself?
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tools ecosystem
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In...
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How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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Last Chance
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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What Government Governs Best?
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
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“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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The Phantom of Polarisation
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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Catching Nessie on Film
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Sappho
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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Games Nations Play.
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But they forget the people and the Street.
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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Banned Book Week Begins...
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
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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.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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One Way Or Another ....
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The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
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Inventing Cyrillic
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Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
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Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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