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  • Humble Met Museum security guard's dream comes true after his stunning sculpture earns exhibit spot January 8, 2025 9:54 pm Daily Mail A humble security guard and sculptor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art got a fairytale ending as his artwork is being displayed in the New York City institution after a chance encounter with a curator.  Armia Malak Khalil, 45, of New Jersey, first stepped …
  • Does This Peculiar Statue Found at an Ancient Egyptian Temple Really Depict Cleopatra? January 8, 2025 9:30 pm Smithsonian Magazine Experts debate whether this bust depicts Cleopatra.  Courtesy of Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists searching for Cleopatra’s tomb have discovered a trove of coins, artifacts and a bust that they say depicts the famous queen at …
  • An Aida That Tries to Apologize for Itself January 8, 2025 9:08 pm New York Mag SeokJong Baek and Angel Blue in the Met’s new Aida. Photo: Ken Howard/Met Opera In Aida’s final scene, the treasonous general Radamés, who has been interred as punishment, finds his slave princess waiting for him in the shadows. “You, here in this tomb …
  • Glasgow City-County Library's 2025 Monthly Reading Challenge January 8, 2025 9:03 pm Glasgow Courier - Montana The Glasgow City-County Library (GCCL) continues the Monthly Reading Challenge in 2025. The goals for the monthly reading challenge are to inspire, try new genres and authors, explore unfamiliar territory, and expand your love of reading! This program is …
  • Allah’s Two Prophets: Abraham and Miriam’s New Way January 8, 2025 8:24 pm The Times of Israel Civilization was “invented” separately 5 or 6 times around the world (one of those other times happened in Egypt). It is true that ancient Mesopotamia was first historically and was one of the most intellectually productive civilizations among those early …
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