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Four thousand years ago, the Early Bronze Age farmers of southern Germany had no Homer to chronicle their marriages, travails, and family fortunes. But a detailed picture of their social structure has now emerged from a remarkable new study. By combining evidence from DNA, artifacts, and chemical clues in teeth, an interdisciplinary team unraveled relationships... Continue Reading →
As the spooky clan makes a new appearance on the big screen, a look back on the mystery of their longevity The cast of 'The Addams Family' poses for a publicity shot. ( ABC Photo Archives / Contributor) In the summer of 1938, a determined salesman dropped in on a haunted mansion to peddle his “vibrationless,... Continue Reading →
NEMO Report and Recommendations on museums’ participation in EU funding programmes.It is NEMO’s mission to ensure the best possible access for museums to the future EU funding programmes starting in 2021. In order to understand better the needs of the museum sector, NEMO has published an analysis of the museums’ participation in the centralized EU funding... Continue Reading →
Επιλογή φωτογραφιών από άρθρα που δημοσιεύτηκαν στην Huffington Post υπό τον τίτλο "13 Amazing Photos You Missed This Week". (huffpost.com)
“The highest principle of morality whether personal or political morality is to maximize the general welfare or the collective happiness or the overall balance of pleasure over pain -in a phrase maximize utility-.” Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham This utilitarian logic, under the name of cost-benefit analysis which is used by companies and by governments all... Continue Reading →
By:Eve JACKSON|Catherine CLIFFORD Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austria's Peter Handke are the new queen and king of literature. This year's winner and last year's winner have been announced together, because the prize was cancelled in 2018 over a sexual harassment scandal. Sarah Rigaud from the French publisher Les Escales and FRANCE 24's book critic... Continue Reading →
Προοίμιο Τα ποιήματα αποτυχαίνουν όταν αποτυχαίνουν οι έρωτες. Μην ακούτε τι σας λένε θέλει ερωτική θαλπωρή το ποίημα για ν’ αντέξει στον κρύο χρόνο… Έναν τόπο επινόησα για να πηγαίνω όταν είμαι βαθιά λυπημένη, λυπημένη ως τους άλιωτους πάγους μέσα μου, ώς τα κρυσταλλωμένα δάκρυα, ώς να βγουν οι νοσταλγίες, πανθηρούλες λευκές που δαγκώνουν και... Continue Reading →
In “Celestial Bodies,” a multi-generational narrative of women is sliced by the patriarchy’s violent edge. As societies change shape, novels change form. Because the novel is such a deeply mimetic and attentive host, it begins to sound like its guests. A hierarchical society that placed faith in marriage reproduced itself in stable novels that end... Continue Reading →
A spectacular jade carving may hold the clue to an early society that predates what many historians believed to be China’s oldest, writes Alastair Sooke. A grimacing figure wearing an elaborate feathered headdress is riding on the back of a frightening monster. He must be powerful, perhaps even supernatural, because he effortlessly subdues this sharp-clawed... Continue Reading →
Ο Σύνδεσμος Ελληνίδων Επιστημόνων (ΣΕΕ) ανακοινώνει ότι από τον ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟ 2019 θα οργανώσει για τους/τις φίλους/ες του νέα τμήματα δωρεάν εκμάθησης της ρωσικής, της βουλγαρικής, της γαλλικής, της ισπανικής, της ιταλικής και της λατινικής γλώσσας. Όλα τα μαθήματα είναι για αρχαρίους, θα γίνονται ένα δίωρο την εβδομάδα, στα γραφεία μας (Βουλής 44Α, 1ος όροφος, Πλατεία Συντάγματος) και θα διαρκέσουν μέχρι τα μέσα Φεβρουαρίου 2020.... Continue Reading →
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