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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
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As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
Dreams of Space -...
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Hundred Rabbits
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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.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Dreams of Space -...
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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
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No Left Turn
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Overcoming Bias
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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Classical Wisdom
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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Res Obscura
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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Is it good, bad or relative?
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
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This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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But they forget the people and the Street.
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
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History Today Feed
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
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Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
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But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Dreams of Space -...
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So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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A Collection of...
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This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
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a year ago
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TheCollector
Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Flashbak
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“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
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You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
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Flashbak
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Nothing connects.
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Open Culture
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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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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Flashbak
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
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Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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What Is Solipsism?
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
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Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
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This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
Hundred Rabbits
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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.
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Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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TheCollector
What Was Négritude?
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
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Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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The Tragedy of Ajax
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
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"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
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Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
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Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
TheCollector
The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
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We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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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...
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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