Spectacular Collection of Dresses on View at the National Gallery of ...
Art Daily
After animal skins, draped woven cloth was the first means of clothing, and in Ancient Greece, was worn in countless configurations to indicate class, gender and social positioning. “Over time, the wearing of loose cloth has become associat...
Spirituality and celebrating Chanukah, (Hanukkah) the Jewish festival ...
Examiner
Sundown on the 11th the festival of lights, Chanukah (Hanukkah) begins and continues through the 19th of December. Take a historical trip with me to understand what this holiday is about. Ancient Greece is often looked at as the pinnacle of...
Lawrence Weschler: Redrawing the line
Globe and Mail
We've lost seven-eighths of the plays of ancient Greece because they were on papyrus. But now we're losing the entire Clinton administration because it was on floppy disks.” But it's mainly a smaller, more intimate event that brings Weschle...
The Boxing Canon: Best Fights of the Decade (Introduction)
Bleacherreport.com
Boxing can be traced at least as far back as Ancient Greece. And it's no surprise it is one of modern society's oldest sports. Boxing is primitive, but it is also the sweet science. It is violent, but it is also tactical warfare. It is abou...
Newly Discovered Early Versions of Famous Creative Works
Associated Content
Sophocles: The Boy Who Loved His Mother An early working version that later morphed into the classic we know as "Oedipus Rex" was found in a cave in an area that was once part of ancient Greece's empire. In this earlier draft, the focus was...
Traumatic event? We need to talk
Vancouver Sun
Recognized since ancient Greece, PTSD was called “soldier’s heart” during the U.S. Civil War, “shell shock” during the First World War, and “war neurosis” in the Second World War era. After the Vietnam War, it was given its current name ...
TVO series tells the story of reading
Globe and Mail
Empire of the Word tracks the evolution of reading, from Mesopotamia through ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt. Johnston says his team's visit to the modern Library of Alexandria, where the "Yoda-like" Dr. Mustafa El-Abadi is trying to rebuild...
U.S. Launch of Glory of Heracles, First Game in Popular Japanese ...
GameZone
The wonder of ancient Greece comes to life on Jan. 18, when Glory of Heracles launches exclusively for the portable Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi systems. The game marks the first in the popular Japanese Heracles series to launch in the Unit...
Greece and Mediterranean Travel Centre Egyptian Family Tour Options
e-Travel Blackboard
Ancient Egypt has always captured the imagination of children. Pyramids, secret passages, mummies, tombs, treasure and camel rides appeal to kids’ sense of the macabre, mysterious, fun and excitement. These also appeal to adults, Greece and...