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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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TheCollector
When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
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Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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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...
8 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Flashbak
Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
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Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
4 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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TheCollector
Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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TheCollector
Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Flashbak
Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
a year ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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TheCollector
Plastic Surgery as Art? 6 Facts About ORLAN
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
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This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
TheCollector
Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
Open Culture
The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less...
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Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less because they’re motivated by the belief in any particular deity than by how much time and money they now require to complete. Take New York’s Second Avenue subway, whose less than...
TheCollector
What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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TheCollector
Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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TheCollector
Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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TheCollector
Italian Artist Unveils Contemporary Version of Stolen Caravaggio
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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TheCollector
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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TheCollector
What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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TheCollector
Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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a year ago
TheCollector
Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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TheCollector
Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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TheCollector
What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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TheCollector
The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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TheCollector
The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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TheCollector
Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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TheCollector
Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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They Say They Want Rearmament ....
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TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Ski Towns in the US
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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TheCollector
The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
TheCollector
7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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TheCollector
The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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7 Depictions of War by Famous Artists Everyone Should Know
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
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TheCollector
Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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TheCollector
5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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Trying to Understand...
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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TheCollector
4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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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...
TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
TheCollector
What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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11 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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