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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
Flashbak
The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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TheCollector
The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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African History...
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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Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
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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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Hades
The God of the Dead
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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What makes a good friend?
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The "New" Ancient City
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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What Is Populism?
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Stoicism and Stress
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Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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And Now for Something Completely Different.
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Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
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Part One, anyway. More next week.
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Corruption in the Ancient World
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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In Defence of Boring Books
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
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Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
TheCollector
The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
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11 months ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
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Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
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Workers and Peasants we are not.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
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Fear the worst, hope for the best.
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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A Different View of Thucydides
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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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...
TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
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6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
2 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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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...
4 months ago
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...
TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
TheCollector
7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
a month ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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