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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Another Of My Essays in French
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
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Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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What Turned the Tide in the Battle of the Atlantic?
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
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Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
11 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
History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
a month ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
TheCollector
6 Assassinations That Changed History
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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4 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
6 days ago
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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a year ago
TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
a year ago
TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
a year ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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9 months ago
TheCollector
New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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4 days ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
2 weeks ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
Wrong Side of...
Leaving behind the history written in letters of blood
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
a week ago
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
TheCollector
French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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7 months ago
African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
8 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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6 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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8 months ago
TheCollector
1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
3 weeks ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
13 English Words with Greek Origins
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a year ago
TheCollector
D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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6 months ago
TheCollector
6 Micronations You Should Know
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4 months ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
8 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
TheCollector
Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
3 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
5 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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TheCollector
“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
a month ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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5 months ago
African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
2 weeks ago
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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8 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Solipsism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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a month ago
TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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a year ago
Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
2 weeks ago
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
TheCollector
Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...