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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
TheCollector
Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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TheCollector
Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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TheCollector
Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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TheCollector
Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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TheCollector
Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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TheCollector
The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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TheCollector
How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
TheCollector
Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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TheCollector
5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Flashbak
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...
a month ago
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...
TheCollector
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
3 days ago
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
a month ago
The world that created Caravaggio
TheCollector
5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
TheCollector
The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
TheCollector
Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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2 days ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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
7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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7 months ago
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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TheCollector
5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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TheCollector
Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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TheCollector
Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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a year ago
TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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TheCollector
Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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a year ago
Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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a year ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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a month ago
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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3 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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TheCollector
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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6 months ago
TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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a month ago
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
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...
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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a year ago
TheCollector
Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
2 days ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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TheCollector
Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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a year ago
TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Conceptual Photography?
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6 months ago
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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a year ago
TheCollector
Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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8 months ago
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