Tag: Culture
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Pakistan unearths the city defeated by Alexander the Great
The ruins that Italian archaeologists have unearthed in modern-day Barikot, in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, once belonged to Bazira, the city conquered by Alexander the Great. In short, Italian archaeologists working in the Italian-Pakistani excavations in the Swat valley did not go on vacation this summer. Bazira is mentioned in classical sources as having been put…
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4,200-Year-Old Egyptian Temple Discovered to Have Remarkably Well Preserved Artwork
Facing the Nile, the sanctuary layout is classical Egyptian, containing stunning examples of Ptolemaic Egyptian artwork including depictions of Cleopatra and her son, fathered by Julius Caesar. The temple itself was built to worship the Ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor, who personified feminine love, healing, and motherhood. Imposing columns have been carved to bear the face…
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The world’s oldest computer is still revealing its secrets
Amid all that splendor, who could have guessed that a shoebox-size mangled bronze machine, its inscriptions barely legible, its gears calcified and corroded, would be the discovery that could captivate scientists for more than a century? “In this very small volume of messed-up corroded metal you have packed in there enough knowledge to fill several books telling us about ancient technology, ancient science and the way these…
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Athens Open Air Film Festival 2016
Φέτος το πρόγραμμα περιλαμβάνει από μιούζικαλ μέχρι γουέστερν και από κλασικές ταινίες τρόμου μέχρι κλασικά αριστουργήματα, συν cult ταινίες που αξίζει να ανακαλύψετε και ένα αφιέρωμα στις εναλλακτικές κινηματογραφικές μεταφορές έργων του Γουίλιαμ Σαίξπηρ από σπουδαίους σκηνοθέτες και ακόμη πιο σπουδαίους ερμηνευτές, με αφορμή την επέτειο των 400 χρόνων από το θάνατό του. Οι προβολές…