TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
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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...
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
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Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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TheCollector
Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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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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An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Wrong Side of...
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'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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Socrates' Wayward Student
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
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Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
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over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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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...
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
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China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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The Water Is Rising.
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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TheCollector
How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TheCollector
Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
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Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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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 Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Ancient Olympics
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
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TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
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Res Obscura
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
TheCollector
Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
Flashbak
Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
TheCollector
Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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A Collection of...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
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a month ago
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.
TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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Flashbak
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...
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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
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
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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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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
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TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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TheCollector
Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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Why people should stop talking about conscription.
Patterns in Humanity
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Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Trying to Understand...
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Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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Dionysus
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
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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 …...
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
3 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
TheCollector
8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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Weekend Roundup
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
8 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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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
TheCollector
How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
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a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
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What Is Populism?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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Flashbak
The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
a week ago
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
6 months ago
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
TheCollector
Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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10 months ago
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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