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...The “Guoyu”, or “Discourses of the States”, an ancient text from the fourth century BC, describes “when the state is about to perish its ruler is greedy, reckless, depraved and perverted....
...Sun angled down from a high clerestory of windows across the ancient floorboards....
...He argues that adopting literacy in ancient societies fundamentally reconfigured the human brain and brought profound changes in religion, science and the relationship between the sexes....
...A single narrative should not define an ancient practice that has stood the test of time and helped many lead more mindful and fulfilled lives. Anita YeZurich, Switzerland...
...(The Nation) — A world more glowing than we will ever know (NYRB, free for St Patrick’s Day) — The rewilding project bringing back an ancient breed of cattle to Portugal (BBC)...
...They are believed to derive from an early form of ancient Greek dwelling, long since disappeared in Greece itself....
...There are many artists known in the world of ancient Greek black-figure vase-painting — the first identifiable creators in the western tradition....
...Creatures of the modern world perform their rites before ancient palaces that make their antics seem comically puny. The people will go; the stones will stay....
Long overlooked for harder metals, this ancient alloy is now stealing the show
...“There was nothing to indicate it was ancient,” Deehan says. “We were obviously gobsmacked.” Around the time the ancient remains were discovered, hopes of locating McVeigh were fading....
From Niccolo Caldararo, Department of Anthropology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, US
In Dorset, one couple are taking an ancient artform and stamping it with radical ideas
...Peña’s playing remains at the heart of every show, but since 1970 he has been combining his solo career with productions that celebrate the power and glory of this ancient art form, combining toque (guitar...
...And nowhere was this clearer than in ancient Athens....
...Because this ancient plant, with its deep, mesmerising green colouring and soft and spongy texture, is not doing any harm at all....
...The findings suggest a striking case of an ancient boon becoming a modern burden....
Whether in public works or private commissions for splashbacks or floors, the ancient art is quietly thriving
...It is the ancient uncomfortably pushing against the modern that fascinates Smith. Unlike many pilgrims, Smith (who sometimes writes for the FT) doesn’t set out for spiritual reasons....
...Perhaps this spate of historical books will also embrace Africa in time — few books have done justice to its rich, influential and ancient history....
...The ancient Greek comedy follows — broadly — the travails of the god Dionysus and his servant Xanthias as they journey to the underworld to retrieve deceased playwright Euripides with the intent of saving...
...Could the product of an ancient waste-processing technique help decarbonise modern agriculture and slow global warming?...
...From the bombastic to the mundane, these trivia bring the ancient past alive in a way you can feel with a shiver of delight. So how often do I think of the Romans?...
The UK county’s Cornwall’s ancient mines could pay new dividends
...The same is true of Ancient Egypt. In both cases the crisis is associated with the arrival of new peoples due partly to climate change and expanding human populations....
...Mill was not alone in framing the ancient past as a civilisational struggle with ready implications for the present....
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