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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
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TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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The Mother of Rome
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Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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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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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Factoids From the Ancient World
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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The Myth of the Minotaur
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
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On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
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Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
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TheCollector
8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
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Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
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The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
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The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
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Their Enemies The Russians
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a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
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Living through another great transformation…
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A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Hundred Rabbits
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...
a month 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...
TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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What Is Populism?
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History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
TheCollector
10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
Classical Wisdom
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
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a year ago
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History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
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TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
TheCollector
Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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Flashbak
Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
3 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
Classical Wisdom
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History and Myth
a year ago
TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
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Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
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I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
8 months ago
TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
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11 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
TheCollector
The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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TheCollector
Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
3 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
TheCollector
11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
8 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
TheCollector
What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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TheCollector
Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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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...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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TheCollector
How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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TheCollector
How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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9 months ago
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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a year ago
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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10 months ago
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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a year ago
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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3 weeks ago
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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10 months ago
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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6 months ago
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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4 months ago
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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8 months ago
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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3 months ago
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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a year ago
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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a year ago
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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2 months ago
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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9 months ago
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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a year ago
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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9 months ago
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Who Was Eusebius?
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11 months ago
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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11 months ago
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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a year ago
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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5 months ago
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Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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a year ago
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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9 months ago
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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a year ago
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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7 months ago
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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a year ago
African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
4 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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a year ago
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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3 months ago
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Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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What Was the First Written Language?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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10 months ago
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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3 months ago
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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a year ago
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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a year ago
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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a year ago
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Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
6 months ago
The Tragedy of the Trenches
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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9 months ago
African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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9 months ago
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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2 weeks ago
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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8 months ago
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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10 months ago
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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3 months ago
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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7 months ago
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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7 months ago
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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7 months ago
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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5 months ago
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
2 months ago
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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4 months ago
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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9 months ago
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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2 months ago
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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a month ago
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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8 months ago
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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a year ago
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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a year ago
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
Why the Organ Split the Church
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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7 months ago
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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11 months ago
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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9 months ago
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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2 months ago
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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5 months ago
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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4 months ago
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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8 months ago
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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a year ago
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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4 months ago
African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
7 hours ago
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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8 months ago
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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10 months ago
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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9 months ago
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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12 months ago
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
5 months ago
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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6 months ago
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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2 months ago
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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