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Nimrud Ivory Panel of a Winged Sphinx
Never seen by the public before 2011. A small fragment of an ivory plaque from Nimrud. This winged-sphinx is Egyptian and wears the double crown of Egypt as well as a chest apron, the typical royal costume of Egyptian pharaohs. Phoenician...
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Nimrud Ivory Panel of a Suckling Calf
Never seen by the public before 2011. A small fragment of an ivory plaque from Nimrud. A standing cow turns her head towards a small calf. The calf appears to suckle milk from the cow's nipples. Neo-Assyrian Period, 9th to 8th centuries BCE...
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Tibetan Vase, Beaker & Rhyton
Vase; Central Asia or Tibet; early 8th century CE; silver with gilding; overall:9 in. (22.9 cm); The Cleveland Museum of Art; purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund; 1988.67.1. Beaker; Central Asia or Tibet; early 8th century CE; silver with...
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Nimrud Ivory Panel of Stylized Palms
Never seen by the public before 2011. A small fragment of an ivory plaque from Nimrud. There are repeated motifs of small stylized palm trees, arranged horizontally. Neo-Assyrian Period, 9th to 8th centuries BCE. From Nimrud (ancient Kalhu...
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Nimrud Ivory Panel of Lotuses
Never seen by the Public before 2011. A small rectangular fragment of an ivory plaque from Nimrud. It was carved with lotus flowers. The golden overlay is still intact. Neo-Assyrian Period, 9th to 8th centuries BCE. From Nimrud (ancient Kalhu...
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Monetary Networks in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
Money Matters: The Development of Money through the Ancient World. A four-part series that traces the development of economic systems in the ancient world and explore how money as a financial instrument has evolved over the millennia...
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Indigenous Intercultural Health in Chile
Since the return to democracy in Chile in 1990 CE, the new governments have dealt with one of the great historical debts of the Chilean state, its relationship with the indigenous peoples. These peoples have been historically marginalized...
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The Political Theory of Thomas Hobbes: The Sovereign and the State
We all live in states today, and Thomas Hobbes has a good claim to have been the first person to articulate this concept in its modern sense. The intention of Hobbes’s civil science was to lower the temperature of politics, and his concept...
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International Monument to the Reformation (Reformation Wall)
The International Monument to the Reformation (Reformation Wall), Geneva, Switzerland. The monument honors the leading figures of Calvinism and was unveiled in 1909 on the 400th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin (l. 1509-1564). Reformer...
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Tom Scott vs Irving Finkel: The Royal Game of Ur | PLAYTHROUGH | International Tabletop Day 2017
YouTuber Tom Scott has flown drones through lightning, he’s taken on the first human-powered theme park, he’s even visited Penistone. But he’s never taken on a British Museum curator in the world’s oldest playable board game… UNTIL NOW...