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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
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If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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CrimethInc.
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
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History and Myth
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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Religion in the Olympics
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
TheCollector
Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
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Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
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TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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Power laws in criminal behavior
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
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Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
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‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
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No Way Out
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TheCollector
The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
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Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
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Please help us not to understand.
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Trying to Understand...
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
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
TheCollector
What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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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...
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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The Many Roads to Rome
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
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Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
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a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
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TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
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Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
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TheCollector
What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
a month ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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Maths, Art, and the Moon
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TheCollector
The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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a year ago
TheCollector
MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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8 months ago
African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
TheCollector
Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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6 months ago
TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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a year ago
History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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a year ago
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
a year ago
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
8 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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a year ago
Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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...
TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
TheCollector
Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
TheCollector
Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the First Triumvirate?
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8 months ago
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
a month ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
a year ago
Historical origins of the malaise
TheCollector
Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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a month ago
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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a month ago
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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10 months ago
Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
a month ago
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
TheCollector
10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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a year ago
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
TheCollector
What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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10 months ago
TheCollector
9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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7 months ago
TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
11 months ago
History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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2 weeks ago
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
2 months ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
11 months ago
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
4 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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4 months ago
Open Culture
The Scene That Reveals the Beauty of Classic Hollywood Cinema
1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year...
yesterday
1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year in Movies author Tom Flannery, the so-called “Big Eight” major American studios “had a combined 590 actors, 114 directors and 340 writers under contract, each of whom worked an...
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
The Philippine-American War: The US’s First “Vietnam”
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a week ago
TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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5 months ago
TheCollector
6 Micronations You Should Know
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4 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
4 months ago
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
Who Was Vortigern?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
10 months ago
TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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11 months ago
TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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a year ago
Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
a year ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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a year ago
TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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a month ago
TheCollector
Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
5 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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