TheCollector
Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
TheCollector
What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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TheCollector
The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
TheCollector
What Is Capoeira?
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TheCollector
7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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TheCollector
What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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TheCollector
Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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TheCollector
5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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TheCollector
7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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TheCollector
Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
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Wars and ideology simplified
TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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TheCollector
Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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TheCollector
Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
TheCollector
Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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TheCollector
Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Who Was Vortigern?
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Who Was Averroes?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
4 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
TheCollector
5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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TheCollector
The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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TheCollector
What Was the Hanseatic League?
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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TheCollector
12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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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...
a year ago
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...
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
TheCollector
5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
4 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
TheCollector
Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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TheCollector
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
TheCollector
Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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TheCollector
The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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TheCollector
What is the Eye of Ra?
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TheCollector
Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
3 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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TheCollector
Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
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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...
over a year ago
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....
TheCollector
Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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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...
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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
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
TheCollector
Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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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 Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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TheCollector
5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
TheCollector
The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
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Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
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Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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TheCollector
Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
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African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Count no man happy until the end is known
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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Essential Classics
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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Secrets of the Scythians
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
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At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
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These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
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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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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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No More Heroes.
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
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I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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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...
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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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Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 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 July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
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I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
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....
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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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...
over a year ago
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...
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
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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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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