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Ancient Iran, historically known as Persia, was the dominant nation of western Asia for over a millennium (about 550 BC–AD 650), with three native dynasties controlling an empire of unprecedented size and complexity. This exhibition, part of the Getty Museum’s program The Classical World in Context, explores the artistic and cultural connections between the rival powers of Iran, Greece, and Rome. Works on view include royal sculpture, spectacular luxury objects, religious images, and histori...

Prof Tim Parkin will lead the Greek History and Culture Seminar on "Ancient advice on when to marry and have children" this Thursday.

After nine rounds, played on Sunday and Monday, Magnus Carlsen is the sole leader at the World Rapid Chess Championship in Warsaw as the only player to have collected 7½ points. On the second day of play, Alireza Firouzja and Jan-Krzysztof Duda were two of the players defeated by the world champion. In the women’s tournament, Alexandra Kosteniuk is in a class of her own.| Foto: FIDE / Anna Shtourman

Anthropologist David Graeber responds to critics who insist that money evolved from barter, a claim with important implications for the discipline of economics, 'human nature', and the possibility of societies without commodities or market exchange.

Elf Sonntage gab es keinen neuen "Tatort". Bis Silvester sind noch etwa 15 neue Krimis der Reihe zu sehen...

Recently released in the original English and a Greek translation, Karen Martin’s novel, set in sun-kissed Crete exhausts the constructs of time, language and identity. From the outset a conceptual tension is apparent between the English and the Greek versions of the novel which should be considered separate artworks in their own right, the Greek version being notable for the exceptionally high quality of its prose, rendered by Iosif Alygizakis. In English, the title, “Dancing the Labyrinth...

Séptima entrada Los 2 mexicanos del Futures Game de MLB en 2021 El pitcher Manuel Rodríguez y el coach Vinny Castilla forman parte del encuentro donde se presentan los mejores prospectos de las Mayores Manuel Rodríiguez y Vinicio Castilla son los mexicanos que estarán presentes en el Futures Game. Fotos: Especiales Publicidad 09.07.2021 21:34:39 El Juego de Futuras Estrellas de la Temporada 2021, que se celebrará el domingo 11 de julio en e...

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

Classical World publishes substantive scholarship on Greek and Roman literature, history, and society as well as the classical tradition and the history of classical scholarship. The journal also actively engages the pedagogical community by incorporating pieces on the teaching of Greek, Latin, and classical civilizations. Diverse in nature, Classical World publishes special issues, book reviews, surveys of textbooks and audio-visual materials, and bibliographies of recent research on ancient ...

Christianity defeated and wiped out the old faith of the pagans. Then with great fervour and diligence it strove to cast out and utterly destroy every last possible occasion of sin; and in doing so it ruined or demolished all the marvelous statues, besides the other sculptures, the pictures, mosaics and ornaments representing the false […]