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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
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Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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Moon Base (1959)
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
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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...
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
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We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
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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...
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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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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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
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The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
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The Death of Clive of India
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Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
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It's just that some people don't realise it.
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Simulating History with ChatGPT
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
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Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
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The Tragedy of Ajax
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Secrets of the Sirens
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The Original Femme Fatales?
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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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...
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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...
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
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What should we do with Seneca?
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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The Diversity Paradox.
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
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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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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
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Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Battle of the Historians
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Tjaart’s Substack
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
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5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
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a month ago
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
African History...
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a year ago
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
TheCollector
Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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TheCollector
Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Columbine 25 Years On
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JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
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Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
A Collection of...
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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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?
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A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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Aristotle on Friendship
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
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...
a year ago
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...
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
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The decline and fall of the print media.
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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