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antigonejournal.com | ||
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talesoftimesforgotten.com
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| | | | | In the western world today, Egyptian mythology is roughly as well-known as Greek or Norse mythology. This, however, was not always the case. Two hundred years ago, even the foremost western experts on ancient Egypt knew relatively little about Egyptian myth and the vast majority of non-academic westerners knew nothing at all about the subject. ... Continue reading "When and How Did Modern Westerners Learn about Egyptian Myth?" | |
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unherd.com
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| | | | | [AI summary] The article discusses how China's growing interest in Greek classics and philosophy may provide a new avenue for preserving classical studies amidst ideological conflicts in the West, particularly in the U.S., while highlighting the complex ideological uses of ancient Greek thought in Chinese academia. | |
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sites.rhodes.edu
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| | | | | [AI summary] This article explores the symbolism and historical significance of head adornments on Roman coins, highlighting their role in conveying imperial power, military prestige, and religious connections throughout the Roman Empire. | |
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4gravitons.com
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| | | Merging quantum mechanics and gravity is a famously hard physics problem. Explaining why merging quantum mechanics and gravity is hard is, in turn, a very hard science communication problem. The more popular descriptions tend to lead to misunderstandings, and I've posted many times over the years to chip away at those misunderstandings. Merging quantum mechanics... | ||