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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Patterns in Humanity
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TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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A Collection of...
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Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
Flashbak
Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
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In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
TheCollector
10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Too Much of Not A Lot
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TheCollector
How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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Candles and Kalshnikovs.
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TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Flashbak
The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
Dr Alun Withey
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Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Who Invented the Ukulele?
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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African History...
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
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11 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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Wrong Side of...
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Classical Wisdom
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TheCollector
Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
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Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
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At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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9 months ago
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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TheCollector
What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
TheCollector
Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
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a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
TheCollector
A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Trying to Understand...
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History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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TheCollector
Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
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Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
Res Obscura
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Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
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They didn't know. But they know now.
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
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over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
TheCollector
What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
11 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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a year ago
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TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Classical Wisdom
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Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Confessions from a Classics Lover
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TheCollector
10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
11 months ago
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TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Flashbak
François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
a month ago
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Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
TheCollector
Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 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 March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
2 months ago
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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TheCollector
American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
2 months ago
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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TheCollector
Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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TheCollector
The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
TheCollector
Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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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...
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
a year ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
8 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
TheCollector
What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
2 days ago
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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TheCollector
How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
TheCollector
7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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TheCollector
How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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TheCollector
Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
2 days ago
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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TheCollector
Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
TheCollector
Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
5 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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TheCollector
The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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Flashbak
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,...
11 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
TheCollector
8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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What Is the Will to Power?
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
Open Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters...
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There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters to the future, then publish them in Time magazine as part of an ad campaign. In fact, that time wasn’t so very long ago: it was the year 1988, to be precise, when no less an...
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
History Today Feed
The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
TheCollector
What Is Populism?
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TheCollector
Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Classical Wisdom
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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6 months ago
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Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
2 weeks ago
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
TheCollector
Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Flashbak
Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment,...
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“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead From faces...
TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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TheCollector
Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
TheCollector
Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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a year ago
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