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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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a year ago
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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10 months ago
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
5 months ago
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
TheCollector
The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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7 months ago
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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3 weeks ago
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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6 months ago
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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9 months ago
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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a year ago
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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11 months ago
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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2 weeks ago
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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a year ago
Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
2 months ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
TheCollector
6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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5 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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a year ago
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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11 months ago
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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7 months ago
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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4 months ago
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
TheCollector
Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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a year ago
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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5 months ago
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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a month ago
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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a year ago
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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a year ago
TheCollector
Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
a month ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
11 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
4 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
5 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
What Is a Banana Republic?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
9 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
TheCollector
8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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11 months ago
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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a year ago
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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a year ago
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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4 months ago
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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a year ago
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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9 months ago
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
7 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
TheCollector
10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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2 months ago
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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12 months ago
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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a year ago
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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2 weeks ago
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
a month ago
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
TheCollector
How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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2 months ago
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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8 months ago
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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a year ago
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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2 months ago
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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4 months ago
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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5 months ago
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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11 months ago
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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a year ago
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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5 months ago
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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a year ago
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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a year ago
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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2 months ago
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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6 months ago
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
TheCollector
Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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9 months ago
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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a year ago
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
a month ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
TheCollector
Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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5 months ago
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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6 months ago
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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2 months ago
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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5 months ago
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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a month ago
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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2 months ago
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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5 months ago
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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5 months ago
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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9 months ago
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