Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
TheCollector
How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
TheCollector
Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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3 weeks ago
Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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10 months ago
Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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2 months ago
Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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6 months ago
TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
5 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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4 months ago
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
a week ago
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
TheCollector
10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
12 months ago
TheCollector
4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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TheCollector
8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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a year ago
weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
TheCollector
The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
TheCollector
Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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TheCollector
What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
7 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
8 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
TheCollector
Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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TheCollector
Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
3 weeks ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
TheCollector
The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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TheCollector
Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
TheCollector
6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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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...
Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
6 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
TheCollector
Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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TheCollector
Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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TheCollector
What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
TheCollector
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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TheCollector
5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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TheCollector
5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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TheCollector
Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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TheCollector
How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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TheCollector
How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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9 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
TheCollector
What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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a year ago
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
TheCollector
The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
TheCollector
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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5 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?!!
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
a month ago
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
TheCollector
$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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TheCollector
8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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4 months ago
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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TheCollector
4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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TheCollector
Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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TheCollector
10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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TheCollector
Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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TheCollector
J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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4 months ago
TheCollector
7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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TheCollector
Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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TheCollector
What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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TheCollector
How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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TheCollector
Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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TheCollector
Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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TheCollector
Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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TheCollector
World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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TheCollector
Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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TheCollector
10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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TheCollector
Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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TheCollector
Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
a week ago
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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TheCollector
The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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TheCollector
5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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TheCollector
5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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...
TheCollector
New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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11 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
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State and society on Africa's largest island.
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
Patterns in Humanity
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
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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...
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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Why Read Modern Books?
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Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
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Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
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Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
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'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
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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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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
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“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
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The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
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“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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