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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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over a year ago
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https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
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https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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But they forget the people and the Street.
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
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Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
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Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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10 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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a year ago
TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
4 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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11 months ago
TheCollector
11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
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.
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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7 months ago
TheCollector
UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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5 months ago
African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
TheCollector
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
2 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
TheCollector
Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
TheCollector
What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
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...
2 months ago
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
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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5 months ago
TheCollector
7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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6 days ago
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
TheCollector
5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
TheCollector
Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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4 months ago
TheCollector
7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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5 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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5 days ago
Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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7 months ago
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
5 months ago
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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a year ago
Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
TheCollector
What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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3 months ago
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
a year ago
Historical origins of the malaise
TheCollector
Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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6 months ago
TheCollector
6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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a month ago
TheCollector
Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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3 months ago
TheCollector
5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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a month ago
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
11 months ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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TheCollector
Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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2 months ago
CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
3 weeks ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
10 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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a year ago
TheCollector
Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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4 days ago
Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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3 months ago
Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
6 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
TheCollector
Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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2 days ago
Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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
Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
a month ago
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
7 months ago
TheCollector
Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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a week ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
10 months ago
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
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