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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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7 African Myths About Animals
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Arguing with the Dead
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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a year ago
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Flashbak
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...
4 months ago
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
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History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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Flashbak
Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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History Today Feed
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
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...and the feared Persian Army
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
TheCollector
American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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What Is the Will to Power?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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8 months ago
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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10 months ago
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
a month ago
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
3 months ago
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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What Is Solipsism?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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.
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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10 months ago
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
9 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
a month ago
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
5 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
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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...
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 days ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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11 months ago
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.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
Flashbak
Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
a month ago
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
TheCollector
4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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7 months ago
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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11 months ago
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
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...
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5...
3 months ago
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
6 months ago
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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a year ago
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
a week ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
3 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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a year ago
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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5 months ago
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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a year 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...
10 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
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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a year ago
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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