Transitions: Wake Forest U Selects Next President, 2 Presidents Named in City U of New York System chronicle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chronicle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Imaginary scene high in the Andes 9,000 years ago.
While the election of a woman to what s arguably the second most powerful position in the country is a newsworthy event, it s hardly unprecedented. The world has known plenty of powerful female leaders: Queen Dido (Carthage), Cleopatra (Egypt), Boadicea (Iceni, a British tribe that nearly defeated the Romans), Elizabeth I (England), Catherine the Great (Russia), Angela Merkel (Germany) and many others. Yet Kamala ( comma-la ) Harris recent election has been reported as something entirely new. Such patriarchal thinking goes back to the old, stubbornly ingrained attitude of (white male) anthropologists of the recent past who presented primitive tribal societies made up of male hunters and female gatherers: tough dudes and wimpy women. While there is some contemporary truth in this the roles of modern day hunter-gatherer people like Tanzania s Hadza and southern Africa s San are firmly gender defined the last few decades have un
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Ruins of the medieval Armenian cathedral at the ancient site of Ani in eastern Turkey Dallet-Alba/Alamy
An agreement between Turkey and the United States to combat the illicit trade in antiquities and other cultural property has divided historians and preservationists over whether the accord will curb smuggling or undermine minority heritage that faces neglect or worse.
A memorandum of understanding signed last month imposes US import restrictions on archaeological objects 250 years or older that the Turkish government has not licenced to leave the country. The aim is “to reduce the incentive for pillage of irreplaceable archaeological and ethnological material representing Turkey’s cultural heritage,” according to the agreement, which becomes binding once the governments notify each other that their procedures for enforcement are ready.
From Mayor Pete to Secretary Buttigieg: Appearances hint at expansive role for next transportation chief Michael Laris, Ian Duncan The days since the presidential inauguration have been wall-to-wall Pete Buttigieg, a media blitz that offers a view into his role as transportation secretary and efforts to advance the Biden administration’s broader agenda. He’s been on “The Tonight Show,” “The View” and talked to MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell, reprising a role he played on the campaign trail to focus on the new president’s climate change and racial justice goals, in addition to more traditional issues of infrastructure, safety and federal spending.