Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
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TheCollector
What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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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...
4 months ago
“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...
TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
TheCollector
Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
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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...
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Olympics Special
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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For the Love of the Classics
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
TheCollector
Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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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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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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African History...
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
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The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
2 weeks ago
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TheCollector
How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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The life of Maynard K.
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A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
TheCollector
How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
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With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
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Do people actually disagree that much?
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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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.
TheCollector
Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
Flashbak
London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
9 months ago
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
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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...
2 weeks ago
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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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
TheCollector
Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Hundred Rabbits
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
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Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
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Is it good, bad or relative?
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
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“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Aristotle on Luck
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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The international system, that is.
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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Early Christian Poetry
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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Res Obscura
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Religion in the Olympics
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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What is TIME? And Dates?
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
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Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
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Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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