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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
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Blindspots and Biographies
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
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The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
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The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Flashbak
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
5 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month 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.
Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
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“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
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And Her Controversial Religion
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
a year ago
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
7 African Myths About Animals
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
8 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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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
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
TheCollector
Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
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“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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...
TheCollector
Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
a year ago
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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6 Must-See English Castles
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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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...
a year ago
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...
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Ethical Philosophy for Fun
TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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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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“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
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Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
TheCollector
Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
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Journal of African cities chapter 8
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
9 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
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For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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A History of Phantom Pain
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A History of Phantom Pain
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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Ancient Atomists
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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