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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
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Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
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Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
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Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Tolkien and Plato
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TheCollector
What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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On 17th century "cocaine"
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
TheCollector
Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
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The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
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an island in the maelstrom
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
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“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
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Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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Should We Be Skeptics?
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Is it good to question everything?
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
TheCollector
Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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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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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
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Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
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Which Playwright did it better?
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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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...
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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...
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
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Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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When Was the First Crusade?
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
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‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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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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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
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American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
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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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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
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Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
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The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
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Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Going to Pieces Slowly...
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
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Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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On general futility of political discussions with people
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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...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
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Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
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And some associated reflections.
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
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Because that's all they can do.
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
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This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
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Should we pay attention to them?
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
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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...
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
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African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
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state and society in south-central Africa
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
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Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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The Phantom of Polarisation
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Do people actually disagree that much?
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
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“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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‘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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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
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The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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What Is the Ides of March?
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African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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