Greeks apologize to the EU with a gift of a huge horse THE nation of Greece said sorry to the European Union with a present of an enormous wooden horse Left outside the...
I'm starting to compile a list of new books to recommend as summer must reads I'll add to this list as I think of them but herewith, recommendation number 1: 1 I was...
Imagine that thieves force their way into your house and steal all the paintings off of the walls You know who the thieves are, but they are rude and uncooperative and the...
As described in a recent column in The Atlantic Armenia is opening a fascinating new front in the battle over heritage and repatriation: To the British Museum, she is "probably...
Today's New York Times includes an article by John Noble Wilford on recent archaeological discoveries related to Scythian and Saka mortuary remains from Central Asia The...
Happy Birthday to the universal affirmative Happy Birthday, OK! - Lingua Franca - The Chronicle of Higher...
Souren Melikian has an excellent review of "Islamic Art" at the Met here The article is particularly welcome as the NYTimes Arts Section has traditionally refused to trouble the...
Is there anything S N Kramer left out of his masterpiece History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Man's Recorded History Turns out the answer is yes The missing 40th first...
Here is an evocative piece from the Chronicle Review on the imaginative potency of maps My Life in Maps - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education I...