Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation[1] is the name of a list best known as a school writing exercise of George Washington, who became the first president of the United States of America. Most of the rules have been traced to a French etiquette manual written by Jesuits in 1595 entitled "Bienséance ...
Archaeologists think they've found the remains of a centuries-old Maya rebel stronghold in Mexico where Indigenous people resisting the Spanish lived for over a century. ...
The Maya used "sign language" on an altar around 1,300 years ago, and these signs may represent important dates in the Maya Long Count Calendar, a new study claims. ...
A listening device hidden in an artwork in 1945 was undetected by US security for seven years – and it's not the only example of art having been manipulated for subterfuge. ...
An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, demonstrating the interaction between the two societies, Guatemala's Culture and Sports Ministry announced this week. ...
The kinaidos (cinaedus in Latin) was the homosexual “bogeyman” of Greco-Roman literature: a man so willing to be sexually penetrated by other men that scholars think he was perhaps just an imaginary figure. Reading more broadly, however, we can see that men bearing this identity marker did exist in antiquity. Financial ...
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George Washington's Rules Of Civility and Decent Behaviour In Company And Conversation (1700s) ( archive.org )
Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation[1] is the name of a list best known as a school writing exercise of George Washington, who became the first president of the United States of America. Most of the rules have been traced to a French etiquette manual written by Jesuits in 1595 entitled "Bienséance ...
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5,000-year-old stone tomb discovered in Spain is 43 feet long — and it holds many prehistoric burials ( www.livescience.com )
Archaeologists in Spain have discovered a 5,000-year-old stone monument that holds multiple burials and many grave goods, including weapons. ...
Archaeologists discover 'Land of the White Jaguar,' centuries-old stronghold of rebel Maya in Mexico ( www.livescience.com )
Archaeologists think they've found the remains of a centuries-old Maya rebel stronghold in Mexico where Indigenous people resisting the Spanish lived for over a century. ...
Anthropologist claims hand positions on 1,300-year-old Maya altar have a deeper meaning ( www.livescience.com )
The Maya used "sign language" on an altar around 1,300 years ago, and these signs may represent important dates in the Maya Long Count Calendar, a new study claims. ...
'The most ingenious stunt since the Trojan Horse': The Soviet artwork that spied on the US ( www.bbc.com )
A listening device hidden in an artwork in 1945 was undetected by US security for seven years – and it's not the only example of art having been manipulated for subterfuge. ...
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Ancient Peruvian city more than 3,000 years old unveiled ( edition.cnn.com )
An ancient Peruvian city that was a thriving hub of trade more than 3,000 years ago has been unveiled by archaeologists. ...
Kennedy March: JFK's 50 Mile Walking Challenge ( infogalactic.com )
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Ancient altar found in Guatemala jungle apparently used for sacrifices, "especially of children," archaeologists say ( www.cbsnews.com )
An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, demonstrating the interaction between the two societies, Guatemala's Culture and Sports Ministry announced this week. ...
On this day, March 9
On this day, March 9 ...
Unmanly men and the flexible meaning of kinaidos in Classical antiquity ( blog.oup.com )
The kinaidos (cinaedus in Latin) was the homosexual “bogeyman” of Greco-Roman literature: a man so willing to be sexually penetrated by other men that scholars think he was perhaps just an imaginary figure. Reading more broadly, however, we can see that men bearing this identity marker did exist in antiquity. Financial ...