TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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...
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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...
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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TheCollector
The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
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It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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TheCollector
Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Global Inequality...
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Flashbak
It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
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Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
TheCollector
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Externalising Our Hatreds.
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It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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TheCollector
How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
TheCollector
Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
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But is there anything there?
TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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TheCollector
Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
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TheCollector
British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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3 months ago
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Is Capoeira?
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
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TheCollector
Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Let's Be Enemies
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Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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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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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
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From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
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Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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What is Plagiarism?
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Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Virgil and the Aeneid
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
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Workers and Peasants we are not.
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
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100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Overcoming Bias
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Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
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Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Who Was Vortigern?
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
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But some things are more connected than others.
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
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On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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What Was the First Written Language?
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Some lessons from history and archaeology
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
8 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
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This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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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...
3 months ago
“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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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
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And what happens when we don’t?
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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