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The British Museum’s Blockbuster Scandals
The New Yorker· 5 hours agoIn Naples, Townley bought from the Principe di Laurenzano a Roman bust of a young woman with downcast eyes, identified as the nymph Clytie. An élite...
Ancient gender-nonconforming Romans found refuge in a community dedicated to a goddess
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe Catholic Church has long emphasized traditional binary views of gender. But in many places, both...
May Day: What is its history and why people are protesting?
WSB Radio· 5 days agoConsidered by many a celebration of spring days to some, others look at May 1 as a day to protest...
Five Best: Books on Clothes
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoIn comparison with the brocades and glittering edifices of the ancien régime, and the dignified draperies of ancient Greece and Rome, the sober...
Ten noteworthy books for May | Texarkana Gazette
Texarkana Gazette· 2 days agoSpring brings enjoyable new fiction based on true stories from ancient Rome and World War II, a heartwarming memoir, and fascinating popular science...
Emily Name Meaning
Parents via Yahoo News· 6 days agoEmily may be the name you are looking for. The name Emily is derived from the Roman family name Aemilius. The Aemilius family was prominent and powerful...
WV Culinary Team: Biscuits -- a tasty bite of history
The Charleston Gazette· 2 days agoThe recipe for this hard, flat morsel can be found in Abby Fisher’s 1881 cookbook, “What Mrs. Fisher...
Like Attila the Hun, Trump is poised to ransack a morally decadent U.S. empire
Philly.com· 22 hours agoIn an emotionally jarring and disorienting week where you might wake up to a televised, tear-gas...
Italy's League party picks a provocative candidate for European Parliament election
San Francisco Chronicle· 6 days agoSalvini’s gamble to put the provocative Vannacci out front for the June 6-9 vote is something of a...
‘Vows’ Review: Marriage, Love and Commitment
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days agoThe rites documented there include the promise of the woman—but not the man—to be “bonere” (pleasant), “buxum” (submissive) and to give good “borde”—to...
