Aswan Monuments to the Pharaohs / Photo by: eviljohnius, Creative Commons Introduction The tomb of King Tutankhamun was found almost entirely intact in 1922. This headdress, placed over the mummified head of the deceased king in 1343 B.C.E., is made entirely of gold. Hieroglyphics, pyramids, mummies, the Sphinx of Giza, King Tut, and Cleopatra. The[…]
Frybread making with Osh Johnson from Black Mesa, Navajo Nation. Photo by Desiree Kane. Protecting the water and sacred sites brought people here. The experience of being here is changing lives. By Sarah van Gelder / 09.14.2016 Drive from Bismarck, North Dakota, to the Standing Rock encampment, and the sign that something unusual is happening[…]
A medieval kitchen / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Alixe Bovey Head of Research The Courtald Institute of Art Medieval Cookery Books There are over 50 hand-written medieval cookery manuscripts stills in existence today. Some are lists of recipes included in apothecaries’ manuals or other books of medical remedies. Others focus on descriptions of grand feasts.[…]
Untitled, 2005, José Benítez Sánchez. Acrylic yarn, beeswax, wood. Fowler Museum at UCLA, X2013.12.1. Gift of Ronald Lanyi The Wixárika people of Western Mexico developed a vibrant way to preserve their spiritual beliefs. Co-published with Zócalo Public Square By Callie Enlow / 09.13.2016 Psychedelic drugs, anthropology, art, commerce, 1960s counterculture, and indigenous culture collide in[…]
The humanity that a young child can display, who hasn’t learned to be cynical, or suspicious, or fearful of other people because of where they’re from, or how they look, or how they pray, and who just understands the notion of treating somebody that is like him with compassion, with kindness — we can all[…]
Credits: NASA, ESA, and K. Noll (STScI), Acknowledgment: The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) This image, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the colorful “last hurrah” of a star like our sun. The star is ending its life by casting off its outer layers of gas, which formed a cocoon around the star’s remaining[…]
By Jacob Devaney / 09.24.2016 EarthDance – A Global Party With a Purpose All over the world, since the beginning of time, people have come together around music and dance to celebrate life. These types of gatherings may have accompanied a harvest, birth, marriage, or could have just been a regular expression of joy within[…]