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Mysterious ancient graffiti may reveal lost temple at Athens Acropolis
Newsweek· 13 hours agoThe site is dominated by the ruins of the Parthenon, a marble temple dedicated to the goddess...
The 50 Most Iconic Chair Designs
House Beautiful via AOL· 14 hours agoWe’re highlighting the 50 chairs that have made the biggest impact on design history. These seats encompass a broad range of styles and eras, such as...
In This Ancient Workshop, Greeks Crushed Snail Glands to Make the Purple Dye Worn by Royalty
Smithsonian Magazine· 17 hours agoOn an island in Greece, researchers have discovered a 3,600-year-old workshop that once turned out a rare purple dye coveted by royalty—and made from snail glands. Archaeologists were excavating ...
The 12 best things to do in Los Angeles
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoMeasuring 44 miles across at its widest, there’s no shortage of things to do in Los Angeles – the tricky part is finding the time to fit them all in....
Adapt or die: Is the future bright for business amidst the AI boom?
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 3 days agoOn the surface, AI might seem new, but history and mythology tell a different story. As a concept,...
The Hidden Meanings Behind All 24 Birth Flowers
House Beautiful via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLearn about the primary and secondary birth flowers for each month, including what they symbolize, in our guide to birth flowers' history and...
The best poetry books of 2024 so far
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThere’s a squib by James Fenton that runs “Jeremy Prynne, Jeremy Prynne, isn’t your oeuvre rather thynne?” It was already a hostage to fortune in 2001,...
AI is the sixth great revolution in filmmaking (and maybe the most important)
VentureBeat· 15 hours agoThe first motion picture in human history was filmed almost 148 years ago to the date by a famous photographer and convicted killer named Eadweard Muybridge on June 19th, ...
The ‘Black American Music’ of harpist Cassie Watson Francillon
WGNO via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNew Orleans' "Visionary Harpist," Cassie Watson Francillon, believes we all have the innate power to...
Has private credit’s golden age already ended?
The Economist· 2 days agoThe HISTORY of leveraged finance—the business of lending to risky, indebted companies—is best told in three acts. In the second act, the extraordinary growth of private equity ...
