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TheCollector
5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt undefined
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley undefined
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement? The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement? JamesHoare Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement undefined
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial? undefined
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality undefined
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America? undefined
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969 With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd  – they produced similar games, also from the...
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood? undefined
3 months ago
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Who was Thorkell the Tall? Who was Thorkell the Tall? JamesHoare Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art. Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change? undefined
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior undefined
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election? undefined
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries? undefined
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900. Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin? undefined
a year ago
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s) This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails.   A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable? undefined
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI undefined
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What Is a Film Auteur? undefined
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History undefined
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What Is the Didache? undefined
10 months ago
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
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For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair. Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
TheCollector
King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King undefined
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most? undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
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Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914 undefined
6 months ago
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips) undefined
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator undefined
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great More than a Villain
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work? undefined
6 months ago
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review ‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review JamesHoare Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955) Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
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Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency undefined
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit undefined
a year ago
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy) undefined
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Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed? Greek Theater and Gender
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures undefined
11 months ago
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know undefined
9 months ago
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend undefined
7 months ago
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam? undefined
11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale undefined
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Res Obscura
Why drug history? Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
10 months ago
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins undefined
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays undefined
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris undefined
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens? undefined
6 months ago
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing undefined
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism undefined
3 months ago
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement undefined
a year ago
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony undefined
9 months ago
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era undefined
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed? undefined
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism undefined
a year ago
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics? Is it good to question everything?
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death undefined
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid Rome's Greatest Epic
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Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense. There are no "why"s in our world.
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TheCollector
Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History undefined
a year ago
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know undefined
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Roadside Relics of the USSR We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
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We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon! oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
a year ago
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins j.hoare Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy undefined
a year ago
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy undefined
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What Are the Five French Republics? undefined
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World undefined
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work undefined
9 months ago
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King undefined
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok undefined
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US undefined
10 months ago
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade undefined
5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 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 March. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration. Uxn, added 2 new commands...
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923 To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower j.hoare Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964) Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961. Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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Why the Organ Split the Church Why the Organ Split the Church JamesHoare Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works undefined
6 months ago
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973 Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
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Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge? undefined
a year ago
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About? undefined
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene undefined
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover? undefined
a year ago
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens? undefined
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison undefined
6 months ago
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024 What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
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What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
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How to Read Film Like a Language undefined
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About undefined
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities undefined
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks undefined
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record undefined
8 months ago
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s undefined
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5 Female Heroes of World War II undefined
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”? undefined
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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
a year ago
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It) undefined
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed undefined
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment undefined
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare undefined
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963) Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
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Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again. What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919 “Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet   In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet   In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA? undefined
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development? On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency undefined
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Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus Who is the God of Dreams?
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick undefined
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91) undefined
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW) In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in  shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology? undefined
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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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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots “The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt  ...
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“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt   Elliott Erwitt died at his home in New York City on 29 November 2023. He leaves us with remarkable archive of fabulous photographs of the great and good, the many places he visited over...
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion. And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology undefined
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946) The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
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The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here  https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/ Here is a biography of the controversial editor: https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean I...
African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE) The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
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The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends undefined
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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...
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What Was the Warsaw Pact? undefined
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million undefined
8 months ago
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review ‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review JamesHoare Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition undefined
a year ago
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire undefined
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening undefined
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda undefined
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend? 'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day? undefined
9 months ago
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished? undefined
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
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In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints undefined
4 months ago
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400) an African portrait of an African society
a year 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...
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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...
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From? undefined
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Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics undefined
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom? undefined
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III undefined
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region) undefined
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles? undefined
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay? Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland? undefined
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States? undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition undefined
a year ago
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas? undefined
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Did Surrealist Artists Write? undefined
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen? undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Spartan Training The Ultimate Regime
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All? undefined
2 months ago
History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain JamesHoare Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Ai Weiwei? undefined
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada undefined
a year ago
Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls? undefined
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids? undefined
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil undefined
2 months ago
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room undefined
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic JamesHoare Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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How ASEAN Lost its Way How ASEAN Lost its Way JamesHoare Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising. But slowly ...
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections? undefined
2 months ago
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce undefined
7 months ago
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics? undefined
9 months ago
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother? undefined
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story undefined
9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March. Summary Of Changes Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom. 100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986 A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
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A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a  Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack undefined
a year ago
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets undefined
3 months ago
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn? undefined
3 months ago
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs JamesHoare Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality? undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review ‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review JamesHoare Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women Byzantine Bishops at War with Women j.hoare Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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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...
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying     On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Adelie, released a program to create slideshows. GrimGrains,...
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954     On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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“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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Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
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Planet Trip (1960) To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus. Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
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This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."  This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962) Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
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Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959). I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \ http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html AND October 1, 2012...
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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