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Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
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I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
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And what happens when we don’t?
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Overcoming Bias
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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A History of Phantom Pain
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a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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government in central Africa.
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
10 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
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The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
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Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Aeneas: Founder of Rome
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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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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
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American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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Lost and Found
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Candles and Kalshnikovs.
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
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Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
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Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
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I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
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At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
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Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Xerxes the Great
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
a year ago
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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a year ago
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...
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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TheCollector
The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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TheCollector
What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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TheCollector
Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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TheCollector
The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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TheCollector
Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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TheCollector
First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
TheCollector
10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
11 months ago
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
TheCollector
7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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TheCollector
Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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TheCollector
Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
TheCollector
The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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TheCollector
History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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7 months ago
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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TheCollector
Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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TheCollector
Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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TheCollector
Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
TheCollector
Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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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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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...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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TheCollector
Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
TheCollector
What Is First Thessalonians About?
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History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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4 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
2 days ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
2 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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TheCollector
Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
TheCollector
10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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TheCollector
4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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TheCollector
Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
3 weeks ago
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
5 days ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
7 African Myths About Animals
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TheCollector
Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
a month ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
TheCollector
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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TheCollector
How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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10 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
a year ago
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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