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Arguing with the Dead
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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TheCollector
Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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TheCollector
Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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TheCollector
Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
7 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
8 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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4 months ago
Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
10 months ago
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
TheCollector
10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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TheCollector
Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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TheCollector
3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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TheCollector
NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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TheCollector
Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
a week ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
TheCollector
The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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TheCollector
Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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TheCollector
Who Was Walt Whitman?
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TheCollector
How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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4 months ago
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
11 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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TheCollector
Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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TheCollector
What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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6 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
TheCollector
7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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4 months ago
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
a year ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
3 days ago
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
TheCollector
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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TheCollector
What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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a year ago
TheCollector
George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
5 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree
For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to...
a week ago
For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to illuminate his home in Beverly Hills, California, with a magnificent tree. His granddaughter Suzanne says preparation began around Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November), when her...
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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2 months ago
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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10 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
4 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
Open Culture
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
an hour ago
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
9 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
10 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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12 months ago
TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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a year ago
TheCollector
Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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a year ago
TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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TheCollector
Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
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5 days ago
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
3 weeks ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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TheCollector
Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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8 months ago
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Collecting Art
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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a year ago
TheCollector
Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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7 months ago
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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3 months ago
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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4 months ago
TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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2 months ago
TheCollector
4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What is the Eye of Ra?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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8 months ago
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