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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
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an island to oneself
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
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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...
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
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Dreams of Space -...
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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US President or American Caesar?
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Useless in Gaza
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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What Priority The Innocent?
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
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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...
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
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Brushing for Britain
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Dreams of Space -...
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More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Dreams of Space -...
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After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
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TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
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“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
2 weeks ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
a week ago
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s just-published list of the 100 best books of the twenty-first century will summon dim memories of many a once-unignorable critical fuss. At one time or another over the past 25...
Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
2 months ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
8 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
Classical Wisdom
A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
a month ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
a week ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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The Angolan Civil War: 26 Years of Fighting
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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TheCollector
What Was Jim Crow?
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Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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TheCollector
Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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a year ago
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
11 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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9 months ago
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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7 months ago
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
a month ago
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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10 months ago
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
TheCollector
Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
3 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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8 months ago
African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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4 months ago
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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2 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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11 months ago
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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6 months ago
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
6 months ago
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
TheCollector
5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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4 months ago
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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8 months ago
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