Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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7 African Myths About Animals
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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TheCollector
The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
2 months ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
10 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
TheCollector
Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
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Mothers of the Ancient World
Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
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Workers and Peasants we are not.
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
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a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
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The Secrets of Crete
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
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over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
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'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
TheCollector
Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
TheCollector
Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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TheCollector
NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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TheCollector
The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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TheCollector
Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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TheCollector
Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
9 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
Flashbak
Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
Hundred Rabbits
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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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
2 weeks ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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TheCollector
7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
2 months ago
TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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TheCollector
Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
TheCollector
Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
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Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
5 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
3 weeks ago
But is there anything there?
TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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TheCollector
Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
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History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Classical Wisdom
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
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The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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TheCollector
How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
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A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
TheCollector
Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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10 Can’t-Miss South American Films
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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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
TheCollector
10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
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It's just that some people don't realise it.
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Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
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Italian Artist Unveils Contemporary Version of Stolen Caravaggio
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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When the US Senate Put Comic Books on Trial
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Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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What Is Thatcherism?
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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The Electoral College Explained
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On 17th century "cocaine"
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Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
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What Does It Mean to Be a Critical Thinker?
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
Global Inequality...
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
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Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
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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...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
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Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
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This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
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Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Getting our events straight...
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Blindspots and Biographies
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Blindspots and Biographies
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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What Was the Chaco War?
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
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The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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