TheCollector
Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
TheCollector
7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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TheCollector
What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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African History...
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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How Did Socrates Die?
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
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over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
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Why the liberal project will fail
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
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Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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TheCollector
The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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Global Inequality...
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A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
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2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
TheCollector
Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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Flashbak
Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
a month ago
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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Flashbak
Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
2 months ago
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
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TheCollector
Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
7 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
TheCollector
An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
11 months ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
a week ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
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2 months ago
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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What Is Nestorianism?
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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TheCollector
What Is Anti-Natalism?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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TheCollector
Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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TheCollector
What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
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TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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TheCollector
5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
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a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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TheCollector
Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
2 weeks ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
TheCollector
What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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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
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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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
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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TheCollector
Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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TheCollector
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
4 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
TheCollector
Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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TheCollector
Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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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
The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
TheCollector
Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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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’
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'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
TheCollector
Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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TheCollector
Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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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
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
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TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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TheCollector
How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
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JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
a week ago
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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TheCollector
Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
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Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
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This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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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...
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“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...
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
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This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
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‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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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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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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What Is the Didache?
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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Power laws in criminal behavior
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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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
3 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
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Some people never grow up.
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
6 months ago
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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