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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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a brief note on African travel literature in history
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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History and Myth
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A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
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You don't need to know that.
Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
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Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
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.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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a week ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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a year ago
Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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a month ago
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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a month ago
TheCollector
10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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9 months ago
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
5 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
2 months ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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6 months ago
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.
over a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
TheCollector
5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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3 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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3 days ago
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
2 months ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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7 months ago
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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7 months ago
African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
8 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
History Today Feed
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
a week ago
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
a month ago
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
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a week ago
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
7 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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a year ago
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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3 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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a year ago
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
a month ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
5 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
11 months ago
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
TheCollector
Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
3 weeks ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Kido Butai?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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9 months ago
TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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8 months ago
TheCollector
7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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a year ago
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