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Homer's language, used in his epic poems, which laid the foundations of Western literature, was never spoken but echoes in ...
In the end, the head of the Post Office suffered an ironically feudal fate: Formerly a Commander of the Order of the British ...
Young people raised in the Church, many of them once passionate believers, are now publicly questioning or walking away from ...
Now, Fulbeck, a distinguished professor of art at UC Santa Barbara, revisits those same participants in “hapa.me – 25 years ...
Social media platforms have become fertile ground for the indirect advancement of Iran’s ideological war against Israel.
As I bought a bus ticket to Aiyangarkulam, a village 10 km from Tamil Nadu’s Kanchipuram, the lady beside me remarked, “I ...
Joel Savoy doesn’t remember exactly when he first heard the music of Clifton Chenier, the King of Zydeco—the electrified and ...
Living in a time burdened by nuclear fear, an evening at the Russian Embassy offered a refreshing perspective—where “nuclear” meant progress, and culture took centre stage through art, history, and so ...
European collectors drove early sales while American and Asian buyers remained conspicuously absent on day one.
Alongside these, early dictionaries reveal much about what different linguistic communities wanted to say to each other, or expected to need to say. Throughout the period, innovative forms of dialogue ...
The Order of Assassins was an order of Ismaili Muslims founded by Hassan-i Sabbah between 1090 and 1275 AD. Known to have killed hundreds of enemies of the Nizari Isma’ili state, their name, Asāsiyyūn ...
Zohran Mamdani declares victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary as former Gov. Andrew Cuomo concedes, but says he may still run in November’s general election.