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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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TheCollector
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
TheCollector
Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
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a year ago
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TheCollector
7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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CrimethInc.
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
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9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
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So They Want Negotiations, Now.
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a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
TheCollector
5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
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Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
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Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
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5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
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History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
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TheCollector
13 English Words with Greek Origins
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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TheCollector
What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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10 months ago
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
TheCollector
Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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The Newer World Order.
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TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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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
TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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TheCollector
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
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TheCollector
Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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JamesHoare
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TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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TheCollector
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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When The Music's Over ...
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
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TheCollector
What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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TheCollector
Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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Patterns in Humanity
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A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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Classical Wisdom
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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Who’s in the Tomb?
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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TheCollector
Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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TheCollector
What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
TheCollector
History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
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This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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weird medieval guys
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Sexy? Scary? Both?
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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African History...
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Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Who Was Eusebius?
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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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...
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How the CCP is Closing China
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
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“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
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So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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