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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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Dreams of Space -...
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
History Today Feed
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
TheCollector
The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
TheCollector
Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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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
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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11 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
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Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
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...
TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
5 months ago
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
7 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
TheCollector
6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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TheCollector
Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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TheCollector
The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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TheCollector
Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
7 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
TheCollector
Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
TheCollector
Who Was Vernon Lee?
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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...
12 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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TheCollector
HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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TheCollector
10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
TheCollector
Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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TheCollector
The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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TheCollector
Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
TheCollector
Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
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...
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
TheCollector
5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
a year ago
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
TheCollector
Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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5 months ago
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
TheCollector
How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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