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• New Academic Program in Value and Equivalency

  
  Numismatics and Archaeology — Authority: 394
  It has been announced that Frankfurt University and the Technical University at Darmstadt will begin their new program in Wert und Äquivalent (Value and Equivalency). This interdisciplinary program will be directed by faculty of international renown from the two universities who are active in a number of related ...
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• Sarkozy’s tough message on climate – did it get through?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  After one and a half days of mostly uninspired and often irrelevant speeches by world leaders, French President Nicolas Sarkozy walked to the podium at UN climate talks in Copenhagen and produced a seven minute rallying cry - focused, energetic and packed with more punch than the rest put together. Jabbing his ...
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• Name of the Day: Taran

  
  Appellation Mountain — Authority: 129
  Is he an underused masculine appellation or one that’s gone to the girls? Thanks to Dearest for suggesting Taran as Name of the Day. There’s a good case for Taran as an underused boys’ name, one that would fit right in with Orion .  In Celtic mythology, Taranis was the god of thunder.  He’s been ...
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• Researchers unveil golden secrets of female beauty

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Toronto, Dec 17 (IANS) Beauty lies not only in the eyes of the beholder but also in how a woman’s eyes and mouth are configured, say researchers.The distance between her eyes and between her eyes and her mouth are key factors that determine how appealing she is, according to researchers from the University of ...
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• Terror Pornography

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 448
  Last month, in posing the “ inconvenient hypothesis ” that there was a pornographic quality to the propaganda photographs that Dorothea Lange took of the destitute victims of the Great Depression, I drew upon Plato’s “Republic” to support my argument. I did not have my copy of Plato with me when I wrote ...
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• Image Of The Day

  
  A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS — Authority: 152
  Castlerigg - a field study in pencil original artwork Matthew James 2002
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• ‘Golden ratios’ of female beauty found

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Toronto, Dec 17 (IANS) Beauty is not only in the eye of the beholder, but also in the relationship of the eyes and mouth of the person, according to new research by Canadian and American researchers.The distance between a woman’s eyes and the distance between her eyes and her mouth determine her attractiveness, say ...
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• ‘Golden ratios’ for female facial beauty

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): A new study has helped researchers from the University of California, San Diego and the University of Toronto discover ‘golden ratios’ for female facial beauty.They have found that the distance between a woman’s eyes and the distance between her eyes and her mouth are key factors in ...
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• ‘Arunachal people are more Indian than any Indian’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Sarwar KashaniNew Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) They are from opposition parties in the Arunachal Pradesh assembly but share the same dream — of seeing the northeast frontier state as one of the most developed in India — and are dismissive of Chinese claims on their region. So when Tenzing Norbo Jhongdok of the [...]
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• We Laugh Because it is Funny but also Because it is True: The Weakness of the Historical Method

  
  zenpundit.com — Authority: 126
  This amusing videoclip makes the same point that my polymathic amigo Dave Schuler likes to make about the true state of historiography about classical    antiquity : I will now let Dave speak for himself: ….Take the example of a single book, Plato’s Republic . The book was written in something ...
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• Rare Text Describing Jewish Exorcism Discovered In Cairo

  
  Baxter King's Creepy — Authority: 131
  “A rare – and possibly unique - text describing a Jewish exorcism has been discovered by a scholar of medieval Jewish studies.” “The 150 word neatly written fragment – discovered by Dr Renate Smithuis from The University of Manchester – describes a ceremony to dispel the evil spirit of Nissim Ben Bunya ...
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• What if Lee had accepted command of federal forces?

  
  World Affairs Board — Authority: 154
  For senior officers from Virginia (excluding Lee) who had graduated from West Point, 50% joined the Confederate Army and 50% served in the Union Army. What if Lee had chosen to maintain his commission in the United States and accepted command of the Army of the Potomac? How would the course of the Civil War have ...
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• Introduction to Ancient Greek History

  
  The Do It Yourself Scholar — Authority: 119
  Donald Kagan, a renowned Yale classics professor, has been thinking about the ancient Greeks for a lifetime and you can get a taste of his learning in Introduction to Ancient Greek History (website, iTunes).Kagan, the author of a seminal four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War, was also among the group of ...
  20 hours ago

• Watch Ancient Discoveries: Ancient New York Movie Trailer Online

  
  Watch-Free.TV :: Stream Movies and TV for Free! — Authority: 460
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• Watch Ancient Discoveries: Ancient Death Machines Movie Trailer Online

  
  Watch-Free.TV :: Stream Movies and TV for Free! — Authority: 460
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• Civilizations (Mirrors of Our Existence)

  
  Pak Tea House — Authority: 432
  From years of our travelWe look backUpon these civilizations,From years of adventureWe look backUpon these civilizationsFrom days of our inheritanceThe lands and its culturesThe old forms of languagesThe mystery of UniverseThe old journey takenBy humans and nature togetherAs they traverseFrom place one to another,In ...
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• The Persian Royal Road

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 578
  The  Road was the longest road in Persia stretching across the entire empire. It was about 1,500 miles long and was constructed and repaired by many empires and Persian kings. The Persian couriers that went on it were the fastest in the world at that time. They could cross the empire in a couple of days, but it took ...
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• Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks – a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci2010

  
  arts-humanities.net: Digital Humanities and Arts - Engage with digital learning and research — Authority: 129
  We are pleased to invite you toArts | Humanities | Complex Networks– a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010taking place at BarabásiLab – Center for Complex Network Research,Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010.Abstract: [read more...]Archaeology and 3D technology
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• Ancient Egyptian wall paintings to return to Luxor (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 177
  AP - Egypts antiquities chief says the wall paintings that caused a feud between Egypt and the Louvre Museum will be returned to their original location in a tomb south of Egypt.
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• Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks – a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci2010

  
  arts-humanities.net: Digital Humanities and Arts - Engage with digital learning and research — Authority: 129
  Start: 10/05/2010 - 08:30 End: 10/05/2010 - 18:00We are pleased to invite you toArts | Humanities | Complex Networks– a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010taking place at BarabásiLab – Center for Complex Network Research,Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010.Abstract: [read ...
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