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James Joyce's Ulysses
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
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It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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TheCollector
Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
TheCollector
Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
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“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
TheCollector
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
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a year ago
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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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
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How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
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But the future worries me.
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But the future worries me.
TheCollector
How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
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Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
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I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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The Death of Clive of India
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The Death of Clive of India
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The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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The Sense Of An Ending.
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But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
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A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
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One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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...
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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...
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Wrong Side of...
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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Art of the Etruscans
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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7 African Myths About Animals
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
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Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Global Inequality...
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On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
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Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
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Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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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...
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“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 …...
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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African History...
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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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
Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
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We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
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Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
6 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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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...
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
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And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Summary of changes for January
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over a year ago
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Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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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?
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
2 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
10 months ago
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
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Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
TheCollector
9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Flashbak
Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
a year ago
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
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.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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TheCollector
How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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TheCollector
Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
TheCollector
Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
3 months ago
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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a year 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,...
Hundred Rabbits
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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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...
TheCollector
7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Flashbak
Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
2 months ago
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
TheCollector
John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
8 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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