TheCollector
What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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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...
History Today Feed
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
TheCollector
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Who Was George Hodel?
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
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Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
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Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
2 days ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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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...
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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
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
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a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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TheCollector
What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
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a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
TheCollector
Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith?
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History Today Feed
The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
TheCollector
What Is the Will to Power?
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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The Ancient Novel
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Ancient Atomists
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
a week ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Some lessons from history and archaeology
TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Ethical Philosophy for Fun
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
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Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
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The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
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The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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7 African Myths About Animals
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
Classical Wisdom
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Free Will Vs Determinism
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Freedom by North-West
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The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
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Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
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For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
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Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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The Epics Collection
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
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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.
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Philosopher Kings
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
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Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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Free French Bombers Over France
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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What Was Négritude?
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
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“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
Tjaart’s Substack
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The Life of Plato
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
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Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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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,...
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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