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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
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Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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The Birth of Ovid
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Undersea Base (1974)
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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...
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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....
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
TheCollector
Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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a year ago
African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
TheCollector
Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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9 months ago
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
a week ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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TheCollector
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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5 months ago
Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
3 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
2 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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TheCollector
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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TheCollector
The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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2 months ago
Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
TheCollector
More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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TheCollector
Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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a year ago
Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
3 weeks ago
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
10 months ago
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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11 months ago
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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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...
9 months ago
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...
TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
9 months ago
History Today Feed
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
11 months ago
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
TheCollector
What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
3 weeks ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
8 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
7 months ago
TheCollector
1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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a year ago
TheCollector
9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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TheCollector
The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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a year ago
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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a year ago
History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
5 days ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
TheCollector
Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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TheCollector
Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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a month ago
TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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a year ago
TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
4 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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TheCollector
Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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10 months ago
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
a week ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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2 months ago
Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
6 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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TheCollector
The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 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...
TheCollector
What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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a year ago
Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
a month ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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TheCollector
Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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a year ago
TheCollector
D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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10 months ago
TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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TheCollector
Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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TheCollector
Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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9 months ago
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...
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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a year ago
Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
TheCollector
How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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3 months ago
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.
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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a year ago
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