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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
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History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Open Culture
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
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TheCollector
Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Do You Believe in Magic?
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
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Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
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Journal of African cities chapter 8
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
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Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
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Journal of African cities: chapter 12
TheCollector
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
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Again. In a manner of speaking.
TheCollector
The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
TheCollector
What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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Who Was Eusebius?
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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The Phantom of Polarisation
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The Fall of a Republic
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
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African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
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The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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Hundred Rabbits
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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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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...and the Origins of the Universe
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
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How was it for the ancient ladies?
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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Global Inequality...
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
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From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
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It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
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How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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Hundred Rabbits
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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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
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One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
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The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
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But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
TheCollector
Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
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The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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Res Obscura
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Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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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...
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
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Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
TheCollector
Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
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How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
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How to Revive Wassailing
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TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
TheCollector
What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
TheCollector
Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
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Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
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an island in the maelstrom
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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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
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
TheCollector
Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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