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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
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Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
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When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
TheCollector
What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
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a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
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8 months ago
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
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6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
Patterns in Humanity
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a year ago
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TheCollector
The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
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8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
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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...
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
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4 months ago
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
11 months ago
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TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
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TheCollector
5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
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Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
7 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
TheCollector
Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
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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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
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100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
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Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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A Collection of...
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
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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...
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
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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...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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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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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
8 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
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The Tragedy of the Trenches
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[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
TheCollector
The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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The KGB After Stalin
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
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How can we train Resilience?
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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Global Inequality...
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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Hundred Rabbits
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In...
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
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Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
Classical Wisdom
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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a year ago
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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The Secrets of Crete
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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