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TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy? undefined
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TheCollector
FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame? undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
a year ago
TheCollector
Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
How to Read Film Like a Language undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter? undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic? Which Playwright did it better?
5 months ago
TheCollector
Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art? undefined
5 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
a week ago
Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s “The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands     The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD Calling Time on BC and AD JamesHoare Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965 We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
TheCollector
4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic Cato and Caesar
a year ago
African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam Death of the King of Siam JamesHoare Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
2 months ago
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890 undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Mount Everest undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75 In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
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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...
TheCollector
Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War? undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden? undefined
2 weeks 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...
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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...
Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959 Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing) Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing) Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing. Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
TheCollector
Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy undefined
2 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam JamesHoare Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student ...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most? undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England The Women who Forged Medieval England JamesHoare Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four JamesHoare Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail j.hoare Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
TheCollector
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History? undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West? undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Makes a Conflict a World War? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting? undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Did the Ramones Invent Punk? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919) William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025) undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards? undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists undefined
6 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
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a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read undefined
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ... We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review ‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review JamesHoare Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946) The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
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The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here  https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/ Here is a biography of the controversial editor: https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean I...
TheCollector
The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco? undefined
5 days ago
TheCollector
6 Micronations You Should Know undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both? undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado undefined
7 months ago
Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923 To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
TheCollector
10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist undefined
a year ago
African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899. Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars Secret Origins
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
TheCollector
What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World? undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
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The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
TheCollector
Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Easiest Language to Learn? undefined
4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef. Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
TheCollector
5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome undefined
3 weeks ago
Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji. This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial? undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!) undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse? undefined
4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break? The international system, that is.
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy? Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics Everything changes and nothing stands still.
3 months ago
History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane JamesHoare Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953) A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
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a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA undefined
2 months ago
History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution JamesHoare Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
TheCollector
12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October? undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die? undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour Seats Still Available
3 days ago
TheCollector
Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism? With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
11 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World undefined
6 months ago
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist. It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul And the Immortal Soul
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know undefined
5 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina. State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature? undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World? undefined
12 months ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read undefined
10 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
TheCollector
What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance undefined
a week ago
Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor? Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French And some associated reflections.
a month ago
TheCollector
What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques? undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection) undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Oscar Wilde? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution? undefined
3 months ago
Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73) Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of  cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too.   Raninet...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954) I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
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I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954. Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
TheCollector
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Was Aleister Crowley? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji? undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth? undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York undefined
7 months ago
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom. Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
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Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Averroes? undefined
9 months ago
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836) Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Monsters and Myths
a year 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
TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt? undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW) These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998 In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe *my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner. Permacomputing, revamped the page. Flappy Bird,...
TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry undefined
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
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.
TheCollector
Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not” undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger? undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great? undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For undefined
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff! Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
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Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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What Was Jim Crow? undefined
9 months ago
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect undefined
6 months ago
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s undefined
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans undefined
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught? undefined
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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
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath) undefined
6 months ago
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons undefined
9 months ago
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said? Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said? JamesHoare Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
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Classics Friday Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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Confessions from a Classics Lover How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art? undefined
a year ago
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art undefined
9 months ago
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery undefined
a year ago
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs The Roman Catholic War on Wigs JamesHoare Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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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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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling undefined
9 months ago
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel JamesHoare Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture undefined
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Weekend Roundup History and Myth
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What Is Ockham’s Razor? undefined
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages undefined
a year ago
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours undefined
7 months ago
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024 Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 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
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know undefined
a year ago
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln undefined
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery undefined
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture undefined
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Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods undefined
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power? undefined
2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3 From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
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over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History undefined
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else? undefined
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines? undefined
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast undefined
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art undefined
7 months ago
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK... I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise undefined
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness undefined
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What is Pantheism in Art? undefined
8 months ago
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians undefined
6 months ago
Flashbak
A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia “I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
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“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis     In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter? Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers undefined
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape' How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review ‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review j.hoare Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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Korea’s War of Prisoners Korea’s War of Prisoners JamesHoare Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear? undefined
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office? undefined
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most? undefined
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany undefined
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset undefined
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks undefined
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Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
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6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s) Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
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Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon undefined
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Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur Journey Into the Labyrinth
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What Is Populism? undefined
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas? undefined
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections undefined
3 months ago
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments? undefined
4 months ago
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War undefined
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African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire... In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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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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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany undefined
4 days ago
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century undefined
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Who Was Ben Black Elk? undefined
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History undefined
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden undefined
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre undefined
7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?) I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
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I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon undefined
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth undefined
a year ago
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!” undefined
6 months ago
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending. But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb? A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages? undefined
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House? undefined
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts undefined
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