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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Makes the City of London Unique?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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TheCollector
10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
5 months ago
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
TheCollector
What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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TheCollector
The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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TheCollector
Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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TheCollector
Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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TheCollector
How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
TheCollector
What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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TheCollector
Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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a year ago
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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TheCollector
An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
3 days ago
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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TheCollector
Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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TheCollector
Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
a week ago
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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TheCollector
6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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TheCollector
King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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TheCollector
How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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TheCollector
5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
7 months ago
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
TheCollector
Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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TheCollector
Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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a year ago
TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Classical Wisdom
Where did the time go?
Important Notice
4 weeks 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...
TheCollector
What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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TheCollector
When Was the First Flight in History?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Averroes?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
5 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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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
TheCollector
Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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TheCollector
The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
8 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
10 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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3 months ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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TheCollector
Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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a year ago
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
5 days ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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TheCollector
New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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2 months 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
Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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a month ago
African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
a week ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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a year ago
Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
4 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
3 weeks ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
TheCollector
Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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TheCollector
What Is Russian Futurism?
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9 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
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....
11 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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2 weeks ago
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
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