Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
2 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Pina Bausch?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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3 months ago
TheCollector
A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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TheCollector
Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
a month ago
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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TheCollector
5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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11 months ago
TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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a year ago
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
TheCollector
The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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5 months ago
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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2 months ago
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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7 months ago
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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8 months ago
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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4 months ago
TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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a month ago
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals?
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a month ago
Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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TheCollector
A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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10 months ago
weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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a year ago
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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TheCollector
Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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a month ago
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
TheCollector
History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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11 months ago
CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
a week ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
TheCollector
6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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5 months ago
TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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a month ago
Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Die?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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11 months ago
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...
TheCollector
7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
a month ago
TheCollector
Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
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...
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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a year ago
TheCollector
Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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6 months ago
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
3 weeks ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
a month ago
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
TheCollector
10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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2 months ago
TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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TheCollector
Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
TheCollector
Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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TheCollector
5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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11 months ago
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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5 months ago
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Is First Thessalonians About?
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TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
a week ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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TheCollector
Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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a year ago
African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
3 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
10 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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TheCollector
New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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TheCollector
The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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TheCollector
10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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TheCollector
Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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TheCollector
What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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12 months ago
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
TheCollector
8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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TheCollector
What Was Operation Downfall?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
10 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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TheCollector
Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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Patterns in Humanity
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I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
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Hundred Rabbits
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Why Aren’t We Happy?
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Count no man happy until the end is known
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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France Saves Europe.
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Again. In a manner of speaking.
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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There are no "why"s in our world.
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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