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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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a year ago
TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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TheCollector
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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5 months ago
TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
a month ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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2 months 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.
TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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a year ago
TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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a year ago
Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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2 months ago
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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a year ago
TheCollector
History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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a year ago
TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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10 months ago
TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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a year ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
What Treaty Ended World War II?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
3 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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6 months ago
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
8 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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3 days ago
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
a year ago
TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
4 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
6 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Philippine-American War: The US’s First “Vietnam”
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a week ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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3 months ago
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
3 weeks ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
a week ago
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
TheCollector
What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
TheCollector
The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
TheCollector
Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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a year ago
TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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a year ago
TheCollector
Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
a year ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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11 months ago
TheCollector
“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
3 weeks ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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11 months ago
TheCollector
George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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6 days ago
TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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11 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
4 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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11 months ago
TheCollector
A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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2 months ago
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