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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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10 Myths About the Greek Goddess Athena
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
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This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Forgotten Gods
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
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It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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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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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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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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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
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Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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The end and the beginning of history
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
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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...
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
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As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
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Another of my essays in French.
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Ancient Greek Astronomy
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
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Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
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Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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tools ecosystem
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In...
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
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A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
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“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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What Does It Mean to Be a Critical Thinker?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
TheCollector
Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
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A Collection of...
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 …...
TheCollector
Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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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...
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
3 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
TheCollector
15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
TheCollector
Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
8 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
TheCollector
Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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What Are Conlangs?
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TheCollector
Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
3 months ago
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
11 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 days ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
TheCollector
How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
3 months ago
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
2 months ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
TheCollector
Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
TheCollector
5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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TheCollector
History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
a month ago
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
8 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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TheCollector
10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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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
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
a month ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
TheCollector
Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
a year ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
TheCollector
12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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TheCollector
Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
2 months ago
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
8 months ago
African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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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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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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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
How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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What Is Voguing?
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
12 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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10 months ago
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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