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The Louvre Is Hosting Yoga Sessions Ahead of the Olympics
Artnet News· 3 days agoSnapping a photo of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum has long resembled something of a competitive...
‘If you don’t talk to ghosts, they’ll have their way’: the classicist whose life became a Greek...
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoIt is often said that Edith Hall is to Greece what Mary Beard is to Rome. Over a long career, each...
What does 'Sapphic' mean? An ancient term is having a modern moment
NBC News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFrom the Sapph-Lit book club to the Sapph-o-rama film series and the Sapphic Sandwich Instagram...
Louvre exhibition zooms in on history and those behind the modern Olympics
RFI via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoThree months before the start of the Paris Olympics, the Louvre will add its cultural heft to the...
Roman Pot Or Not? Archaeologists Find Mysterious Seeds At Excavation Site In England
Benzinga· 6 days agoRomans are known for having parties that were wild enough to make it into history books. According...
Six books to know about before the Paris Olympics begin
WCMH via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoCOLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The games of the XXXIII Olympiad in Paris are approaching and there are...
Letters: The Scottish people have been badly let down by their inept, dysfunctional leaders
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSIR – The past two days in Scotland have been a pathetic farce (report, April 26), reflecting the...
Today in History: April 25, Athens surrenders to Sparta, Peloponnesian War ends
The Mining Journal· 4 days agoA cleaning woman stands between statues as she watches the presentation event for the planned...
At the Louvre, the Olympics Are More French Than You Might Think
New York Times· 2 days agoThe Games were revived from an ancient Greek spectacle, but an exhibition timed for the Paris...
Inside nearly a century of the historic Penn Relays victory wheel: ‘It’s truly Penn’
Philly.com· 5 days agoThe round plaque, originally cast in bronze, has become a symbol of the oldest track and field event...