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‘The End of Everything’ Review: When War Means Total Destruction
The Wall Street Journal· 7 days agoMr. Hanson makes his point by telling the story of four states and civilizations that were...
Why mankind’s greatest threat is mankind
New York Post· 6 days agoAlexander the Great in 335 B.C. besieged and wiped out the 1,000-year-old iconic city of Thebes. He slaughtered the adult males, enslaved the women and...
See the face of the richest man who ever lived for the first time
NY Post via Yahoo News· 1 day agoScientists literally put a face to a name after reconstructing the countenance of Tutankhamun's...
15 Books We Read This Week
The Wall Street Journal· 7 days agoReview by James B. Meigs Read the review ‘The End of Everything’ Review: Annals of Total Destruction Thebes, Carthage, Constantinople, Tenochtitlán:...
The Female Pharaoh - Noble Blood | iHeart
iHeartRadio· 3 days agoFrom wife and sister of a Pharaoh, to regent to eventually Pharaoh in her own right, Hatshepsut is one of the most compelling figures of the ancient world, a woman who sought to preserve her ...
War and The Fragility of Civilization - Opinion: Free Expression - WSJ Podcasts
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoSpeaker 1: From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Free Expression with Gerry Baker. Gerry Baker: Hello and welcome to Free Expression from the Wall Street Journal. This week ...
Full Cast Set For the UK Première of Dominique Morisseau's SKELETON CREW
Broadway World· 7 days agoThe Donmar Warehouse has announced the full cast for Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew – the final...
For many Illinoisans in flood-prone areas, buyouts are the only way out
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn East St. Louis, residents whose homes were flooded in July 2022 are frustrated that it’s taken so...
The Hunt: Where in the World Did Nefertiti Go?
Artnet News· 6 days agoCelebrity archaeologists perennially announce that they’re close to unearthing the tomb of Nefertiti, perhaps ancient Egypt’s most powerful queen....
The Permanent Collection: An Ancient Egyptian Statue Named Hel
Artnet News· 4 days agoIt was recorded as coming from the village of Deir el-Medina on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes, southern Egypt, whereas its style tells me it comes from the North, from ...
