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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
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From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Summary of changes for July
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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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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
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Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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So who does?
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
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Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
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It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
TheCollector
Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
TheCollector
What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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TheCollector
What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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The Silence of the Elephants
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
TheCollector
Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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What Was Organization Todt?
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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Who Was Averroes?
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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History Today Feed
US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
3 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
TheCollector
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
TheCollector
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
TheCollector
The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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Early Christian Poetry
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
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Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
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Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Plato Vs Aristotle
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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The Story of Thebes
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Sappho
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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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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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Why Socrates Matters
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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