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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
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Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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Who Was George Eliot?
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Prometheus and AI?
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Sex Before Sex Education
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TheCollector
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
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*my article for ROAPE journal
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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The Cyclops
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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A Strange Defeat.
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Summary of changes for February 2023
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
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How Every Empire Falls
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
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Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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The Early Years of Jesus
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Flashbak
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...
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
TheCollector
The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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History Today Feed
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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TheCollector
Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Monsters of Mythology
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Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
2 weeks ago
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Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Reality Would Like A Word.
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The Lives of Exiles
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
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TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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African History...
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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When technology follows art
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History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Flashbak
Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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But some things are more connected than others.
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There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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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...
over a year ago
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TheCollector
What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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TheCollector
5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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9 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
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a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
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We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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African History...
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Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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What Was Organization Todt?
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
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A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
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a complete history of an African monument
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
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Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
2 weeks ago
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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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...
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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
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
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And if not, what are the consequences?
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
TheCollector
Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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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
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
7 hours ago
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
8 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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Journal of African cities: chapter 12
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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Xerxes the Great
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
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What's it going to be, then?
TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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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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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
Dreams of Space -...
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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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
Classical Wisdom
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Lost and Found
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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