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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
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“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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Global Inequality...
Three steps to freedom
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Should We Glorify Caesar?
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
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In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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What Is Solipsism?
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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...
a year ago
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...
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Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
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Let's Be Enemies
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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The life of Maynard K.
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
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Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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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...
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
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“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
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A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
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Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
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Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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Gladiator Combat
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Who Was Eusebius?
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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What Was the First Written Language?
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
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Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
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Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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The Ancient Novel
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
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It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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4 weeks ago
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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a year ago
TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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4 months ago
TheCollector
A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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3 weeks ago
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
TheCollector
5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
TheCollector
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
TheCollector
The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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8 months ago
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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8 months ago
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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2 days ago
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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6 months ago
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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10 months ago
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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10 months ago
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
6 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
TheCollector
The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
2 months ago
TheCollector
Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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a year ago
Flashbak
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...
4 months ago
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...
TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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9 months ago
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
6 months ago
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
TheCollector
Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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11 months ago
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
a year ago
TheCollector
Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
a month ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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10 months ago
TheCollector
6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
a month ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
TheCollector
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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3 months ago
TheCollector
5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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8 months ago
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
TheCollector
What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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3 months ago
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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6 months ago
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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a month ago
TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
2 weeks ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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7 months ago
TheCollector
7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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8 months ago
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
TheCollector
Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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5 months ago
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
TheCollector
8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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12 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
7 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
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