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Ancient Greek Music - The Lyre of Classical Antiquity...

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Duration: 9:49
Updated: 05 Oct 2010

This video features clips from 4 of my 10 unique albums of Ancient Lyre Music, of both the actual surviving fragments of the music of Ancient Greece, as well as my original compositions for replica lyre, in a selection of some of the original Ancient Greek Modes... My Albums of Ancient Lyre Music are available, anywhere in the world, from iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/michael-levy/id4324920 They are also available from Amazon MP3 Store: http://amzn.to/eyI34H Also, my 3 CD albums, "King David's Lyre; Echoes of Ancient Israel", "An Ancient Lyre" & "Lyre of the Levites" are available anywhere in the world from CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/MichaelLevy For full details, and all the historical research behind my myriad of "Musical Adventures in Time Travel", please visit my official website: http://www.ancientlyre.com Many thanks for watching!

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Seven Wonders of Ancient World

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Duration: 2:26
Updated: 04 Jul 2009

The Seven Wonders of the World (or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) is a well known list of seven remarkable constructions of classical antiquity. It was based on guide-books popular among Hellenic (Greek) tourists and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim. Later lists include those for the Medieval World and the Modern World. The number seven was chosen because the Greeks believed it to be magical

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History of Old World (Part 3A) - Silk Road to Classical Antiquity

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Duration: 6:33
Updated: 10 Dec 2012

Reuploaded for animations, and Caesar has rule the whold West Europe, and the world is in trouble, the Huns are spreading and it will be a war on Rome, this time it's plot will be continue in the second part of the episode. Also Like, comment and subscribe for more, you need to watch in HD to see small countries borders. WORLD MAP HISTORY REVIVED description: Rate now, this one is a large movie ever known on my Channel, and also like and subscribe, and comment (no profanity, hate speech, spam allowed) Language: English (Australia) music: Steven Cragg - Rivers of Ice Relax our future video is soon. Map history watch carefully if not use HD, or else if this is not right give contracts and updates are in next year. Frames have to be edited if wrong. 3500 BC - oldest 2000 BC - older 1000 BC - old 1000 views - Middle 2012 2500 views - ? 5000 views - ? 50000 views - ? 999999999999999999999999999999999999999 views - ? Share to your friends now! Mistakes taken: Moscow must take over North before takes west Ukraine. Holy Roman Empire have splits into states but no colour. Should Axum have fallen? Forgot Visigoths invaded North Morocco. Forgot Persia have disappears it's north to present Iran. Forgot splits east and west Roman Empire instantly. Huns have to sack Slavs not the other barbarians. Forgot the Slavic migration. Forgot Delhi empire invades south. Forgot other states in Turkey split apart. Forgot Mesopotamia the first country. Forgot World Wars. Forgot Celts settled Alps and France. Forgot the names. Forgot Sumer appears in 2900 BC. Forgot a major city named Jiroft. Mostly I forgot Bantu, Japan in 30 BC etc. No city names and located. Little bit best but I have to be confused...

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Let's Play Super Noah's Ark 3D: Classical Antiquity - Part 1

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Duration: 22:17
Updated: 15 Oct 2012

An unlicensed biblical FPS adventure!

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My Friend DuBot at The Sea of Azov known in Classical Antiquity as Lake Maeotis

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Duration: 0:23
Updated: 22 Aug 2012

We had great fun, rest and sunbathe. We drew on the sand and watched as the sea washes away our clever ideas. As you can see, the sea itself writes the name of our favorite website! It is very inspiring! Despite the fact that Dubot - a robot - he is certainly not spoiled, as he high tech. Dubot was a true friend, and even saved me from a huge sturgeon, which was actually a diver.

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Birth of a Dynasty

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Duration: 55:24
Updated: 30 Mar 2009

http://www.pbs.org/empires/ - Wealthy Florentine banker Cosimo de' Medici's search of Europe for relics of antiquity sparks classical learning and inventive thinking.

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Emma Dench: "Talking to Dead People" | Harvard Thinks Big 4

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Duration: 17:15
Updated: 28 Feb 2013

Emma Dench serves as a professor for several Classics and History classes here at Harvard, including History 1011: The World of the Roman Empire and Classical Philology 226: Memories of the Roman Republic. She specializes in Hellenistic, Roman Republic, and early Roman imperial history while her current research interests focus on Roman 'imperialism' and the retrospective writing of the Republican and Augustan periods. Her other interests include questions about identity in classical antiquity and the culture of the Roman world, especially of Roman Italy.

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Evidence for Extreme Human Antiquity

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Duration: 76:43
Updated: 11 Dec 2012

Author and researcher Michael Cremo discussed the evidence for "extreme human antiquity." Texts in ancient Sanskrit described previous civilizations that had high technology and he said he's found similar material across a number of ancient cultures. Cremo suggested a number of civilizations, far predating ones from the last 10,000 years, have come and gone, wiped out by various earth changes. According to different wisdom traditions, humanity goes through cycles such as Bronze and Iron Ages or what is called yugas by the Hindu. Evidence in the form of human fossils and artifacts, such as found in sedimentary layers dating back millions of years, contradicts the current theory of human origins. Yet Cremo has found most mainstream scientists are closed minded to his data, and seek to protect their power and the status quo. A few have been more receptive, and he has presented his work at prestigious venues such as the Royal Institution in London. He also touched on his notion of human devolution-- that people have devolved from a state of higher consciousness into a baser, more material reality. Biography: Michael Cremo is a member of the History of Science Society, the World Archeological Congress, the Philosophy of Science Association, the European Association of Archaeologists and a research associate in history and philosophy of science for the Bhaktivedanta Institute. After receiving a scholarship to study International Affairs at George Washington University, Michael began to study the ancient histories of India known as the Vedas. In this way, he has broadened his academic knowledge with spirituality from the Eastern tradition. Michael is on the cutting edge of science and culture issues. In the course of a few months time he might be found on pilgrimage to sacred sites in India, appearing on a national television show in the United States or another country, lecturing at a mainstream science conference, or speaking to an alternative science gathering. As he crosses disciplinary and cultural boundaries, he presents to his various audiences a compelling case for negotiating a new consensus on the nature of reality. Wikipedia Ancient history is the study of the written past from the beginning of recorded human history to the Early Middle Ages. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, with Cuneiform script, the oldest discovered form of coherent writing, from the protoliterate period around the 30th century BC. This is the beginning of history, as opposed to prehistory, according to the definition used by most historians. The term classical antiquity is often used to refer to history in the Old World from the beginning of recorded Greek history in 776 BC (First Olympiad). This roughly coincides with the traditional date of the founding of Rome in 753 BC, the beginning of the history of ancient Rome, and the beginning of the Archaic period in Ancient Greece. Although the ending date of ancient history is disputed, some Western scholars use the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD, the closure of the Platonic Academy in 529 AD, the death of the emperor Justinian I, the coming of Islam or the rise of Charlemagne as the end of ancient and Classical European history. In India, the period includes the early period of the Middle Kingdoms, and, in China, the time up to the Qin Dynasty is included. Archaeology is the excavation and study of artifacts in an effort to interpret and reconstruct past human behavior. Archaeologists excavate the ruins of ancient cities looking for clues as to how the people of the time period lived. Some important discoveries by archaeologists studying ancient history include: The Egyptian pyramids: giant tombs built by the ancient Egyptians beginning about 2600 BC as the final resting places of their royalty. The study of the ancient cities of Harappa (India, now Pakistan), Mohenjo-daro (Pakistan), and Lothal in India (South Asia). The city of Pompeii: an ancient Roman city preserved by the eruption of a volcano in AD 79. Its state of preservation is so great that it is a valuable window into Roman culture and provided insight into the cultures of the Etruscans and the Samnites. The Terracotta Army: the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor in ancient China. The discovery of Knossos by Minos Kalokairinos and Sir Arthur Evans. The discovery of Troy by Heinrich Schliemann.

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LAWRENCE ALMA TADEMA Classical Painter Serenade No. 13 A Little Nightmusic MOZART

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Duration: 3:29
Updated: 09 Jul 2012

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, ( 8 January 1836 -- 25 June 1912) was a Dutch born, British painter. Born in Dronrijp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there. A classical-subject painter, he became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with languorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean Sea and sky. Though admired during his lifetime for his draftsmanship and depictions of Classical antiquity, his work fell into disrepute after his death, and only since the 1960s has it been reevaluated for its importance within nineteenth-century English art. Merovingian themes were the painter's favorite subject up to the mid-1860s. It is perhaps in this series that we find the artist moved by the deepest feeling and the strongest spirit of romance. However Merovingian subjects did not have a wide international appeal, so he switched to themes of life in ancient Egypt that were more popular. On these scenes of Frankish and Egyptian life Alma-Tadema spent great energy and much research. In 1862 Alma-Tadema left Leys's studio and started his own career, establishing himself as a significant classical-subject European artist. 1863 was to alter the course of Alma-Tadema's personal and professional life: on 3 January his invalid mother died, and on 24 September he was married, in Antwerp City Hall, to Marie-Pauline Gressin Dumoulin, the daughter of Eugene Gressin Dumoulin, a French journalist living near Brussels. Nothing is known of their meeting and little of Pauline herself, as Alma-Tadema never spoke about her after her death in 1869. Her image appears in a number of oils, though he painted her portrait only three times, the most notable appearing in My studio (1867). The couple had three children. Their eldest and only son lived only a few months dying of smallpox. Their two daughters, Laurence (1864--1940) and Anna (1867--1943), both had artistic leanings: the former in literature, the latter in art. Neither would marry. Alma-Tadema and his wife spent their honeymoon in Florence, Rome, Naples and Pompeii. This, his first visit to Italy, developed his interest in depicting the life of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the latter since he found new inspiration in the ruins of Pompeii, which fascinated him and would inspire much of his work in the coming decades.......

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Classics

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Duration: 3:21
Updated: 20 Mar 2012

Classics at Cambridge isn't just studied as a period in the past, but looks at how classical culture, language and philosophy have affected the history of Western civilisation right up to the present day. The Faculty of Classics is one of the most dynamic of its kind, with an exceptional reputation for teaching and research. Our course encompasses the history, culture, archaeology, art, philosophy and linguistics of classical antiquity and the study of original texts and artefacts. To find out more about Classics at Cambridge, see http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/classics/. Some of the students who appear in our course films are also featured in the 60 Second Impressions series, which can be found at http://www.cam.ac.uk/60seconds/ - keep checking back as we'll be adding new films every couple of weeks!

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The Ancient Greek Lyre

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Duration: 2:31
Updated: 01 Sep 2010

This video features clips from my NEW ALBUM, "The Ancient Greek Lyre" - just released on iTunes: http://bit.ly/bxO7Ra The album is also ot on Amazon: http://amzn.to/e4mAXx Also available from CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mlevy12 Ths album features 12 tracks - 6 arrangements for replica "Kithara" style replica lyre, of some of the actual music of Ancient Greece, & 6 original compositions for solo lyre, in a selection of some of the original Ancient Greek Modes, as described in the writings of Plato & Aristotle, some 2400 years ago... The actual Ancient Greek melodies, include "Lament of Simonides" (which may be attributed to the 4th Century BC poet & musican, Simonides of Ceo), 2 beautiful anonymous fragments of Ancient Greek music, and some masterful remixes by my "Audio Mixing Magician" album producer, Domink Johnson, of some tracks which originally featured on my CD album, "An Ancient Lyre" - these include "The First Delphic Hymn To Apollo" (from c.138 BC), "Song of Seikilos" (from the 1st Century AD) & "Hymn To The Muse2 (composed in about 130 AD by Mesomedes of Crete). One of the 6 original compositions heard at the end of the video I called "Hymn To Hermes" - which is played in the Ancient Greek Lydian Mode (the equivalent intervals as the modern Heptatonic Major Scale). The original names of the Ancient Greek Modes, must not be confused with the incorrectly named Medieval Church Modes...during the Middle Ages, all the ancient Greek Modes were given the wrong Ancient Greek names! My Albums of Ancient Lyre Music are available, anywhere in the world, from iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/michael-levy/id4324920 They are also available from Amazon MP3 Store: http://amzn.to/eyI34H Also, my 3 CD albums, "King David's Lyre; Echoes of Ancient Israel", "An Ancient Lyre" & "Lyre of the Levites" are available anywhere in the world from CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/MichaelLevy For full details, and all the historical research behind my myriad of "Musical Adventures in Time Travel", please visit my official website: http://www.ancientlyre.com Many thanks for watching!

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Webinar Voyages of Antiquity - Cruises to Classical Civilisations & Treasure of The East Part 1 of 2

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Duration: 14:55
Updated: 13 Dec 2011

Part 2 of the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjX5rMew3KA&feature;=youtu.be

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John Romer: 7 Wonders Of The Ancient World (1/4)

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Duration: 44:46
Updated: 26 Oct 2012

Part2: http://youtu.be/b9qXR_Z1Vic Part3: http://youtu.be/bYmXBfzE0EY Part4: http://youtu.be/V80SYR8UIE0 Written and presented by John Romer. The Seven Wonders of the World (or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) refers to remarkable constructions of classical antiquity listed by various authors in guidebooks popular among the ancient Hellenic tourists, particularly in the 1st and 2nd centuries BC. The most prominent of these, the versions by Antipater of Sidon and an observer identified as Philo of Byzantium, comprise seven works located around the eastern Mediterranean rim. The original list inspired innumerable versions through the ages, often listing seven entries. Of the original Seven Wonders, only one—the Great Pyramid of Giza, the oldest of the ancient wonders—remains relatively intact. The Seven Ancient Wonders Are: 1. Great Pyramid of Giza 2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon 3. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 4. Statue of Zeus at Olympia 5. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 6. Colossus of Rhodes 7. Lighthouse of Alexandria

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On the Pirenne Thesis (200-650/750 CE)

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Duration: 6:32
Updated: 11 Oct 2010

(By Conrad Jalowski) There are numerous dates to the end of Antiquity and the collapse of Rome such as the years 395 CE, 410 CE and 455 CE; however, I have provided the two most substantial dates regarding the end of Antiquity. Did Classical Antiquity terminate in the year 476 CE with the deposition of Romulus Augustulus and the barbarian migrations of the fifth century CE or did the moment of historical disruption occur with the Muslim invasions during the seventh and eighth centuries? The year 476 CE is the traditional date of the collapse of Rome and the end point of Classical Antiquity used by the Enlightenment historian Edward Gibbon in his monumental work The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire while Late Antiquity theorists and the scholar Henri Pirenne have maintained that the end of Antiquity occurred with the disruption of Mediterranean trade, the collapse of the Sassanid Persian Empire in 651 CE, the loss of Roman hegemony in Egypt, the Levant and North Africa, and the rise of the Mussulman caliphates.

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The Lost Civilization of Mars

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Duration: 1:15
Updated: 18 Feb 2013

Cydonia is a region on the planet Mars, and has attracted both scientific and popular interest. The name originally referred to the albedo feature (distinctively coloured area) that was visible from Earthbound telescopes. The area borders plains of Acidalia Planitia and the Arabia Terra highlands. The area includes the Mars regions: "Cydonia Mensae", an area of flat-topped mesa-like features, "Cydonia Colles", a region of small hills or knobs, and "Cydonia Labyrinthus", a complex of intersecting valleys. As with other albedo features on Mars, the name Cydonia was drawn from classical antiquity, in this case from Kydonia, a historic polis (or "city-state") on the island of Crete. Cydonia contains the "Face on Mars" feature—located about half-way between Arandas Crater and Bamberg Crater. The ESA "skull" formation is a few kilometres south of the "face" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydonia_(region_of_Mars)

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IMCA7

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Duration: 88:46
Updated: 07 Jul 2012

This summary of the Hellenistic mystery traditions (Pythagorus to Plotinus) is Part One of Module Seven of my online seminar entitled THE INITIATIC MYSTERIES OF CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY. Module Seven is free. Part Two of this module can be accessed online at the Wisdom Seminars Org site when you click on this seminar for its syllabus.

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John Romer: 7 Wonders Of The Ancient World (4/4)

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Duration: 44:46
Updated: 26 Oct 2012

Part1: http://youtu.be/eFi1yXOMRoM Part2: http://youtu.be/b9qXR_Z1Vic Part3: http://youtu.be/bYmXBfzE0EY Written and presented by John Romer. The Seven Wonders of the World (or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) refers to remarkable constructions of classical antiquity listed by various authors in guidebooks popular among the ancient Hellenic tourists, particularly in the 1st and 2nd centuries BC. The most prominent of these, the versions by Antipater of Sidon and an observer identified as Philo of Byzantium, comprise seven works located around the eastern Mediterranean rim. The original list inspired innumerable versions through the ages, often listing seven entries. Of the original Seven Wonders, only one—the Great Pyramid of Giza, the oldest of the ancient wonders—remains relatively intact. The Seven Ancient Wonders Are: 1. Great Pyramid of Giza 2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon 3. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 4. Statue of Zeus at Olympia 5. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 6. Colossus of Rhodes 7. Lighthouse of Alexandria

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Webinar Voyages of Antiquity - Cruises to Classical Civilisations & Treasure of The East Part 2 of 2

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Duration: 14:52
Updated: 13 Dec 2011

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The Birth of Venus

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Duration: 1:14
Updated: 17 Feb 2013

Please enjoy and subscribe too. Thanks! Botticelli's art was never fully committed to naturalism; in comparison to his contemporary Domenico Ghirlandaio, Botticelli seldom gave weight and volume to his figures and rarely used a deep perspectival space. In the Birth of Venus, Venus' body is anatomically improbable, with elongated neck and torso. Her pose is impossible: although she stands in a classical contrapposto stance, her weight is shifted too far over the left leg for the pose to be held. Moreover, her positioning on the edge of the shell (which cannot be identified as real), would certainly cause it to tip over. The bodies and poses of the winds to the left are even harder to figure out. The background is summary, and the figures cast no shadows. It is clear that this is a fantasy image. Venus is an Italian Renaissance ideal: blonde, pale-skinned, voluptuous. Botticelli has picked out highlights in her hair with gold leaf and has emphasized the femininity of her body (long neck, curviness). The brilliant light and soothing colors, the luxurious garden, the gorgeous draperies of the nymph, and the roses floating around the beautiful nude all suggest that the painting is meant to bring pleasure to the viewer. The central figure of Venus in the painting is very similar to Praxiteles' sculpture of Aphrodite. The version of her birth, is where she arises from the sea, already a fully grown woman. In classical antiquity, the sea shell was a metaphor for a woman's vulva. The pose of Botticelli's Venus is reminiscent of the Venus de' Medici, a marble sculpture from classical antiquity in the Medici collection which Botticelli had opportunity to study.

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Ocean Biome

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Duration: 2:01
Updated: 23 Nov 2012

An ocean (from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανὸς (Okeanos); the World Ocean of classical antiquity[1]) is a body of saline water that composes a large part of a planet's hydrosphere.[2] In the context of Earth, it refers to one or all of the major divisions of the planet's World Ocean -- they are, in descending order of area, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern (Antarctic), and Arctic Oceans.[3][4] The word "sea" is often used interchangeably with "ocean", but strictly speaking a sea is a body of saline water (possibly a division of the World Ocean) partly or fully enclosed by land.[5] Earth's global ocean is the largest confirmed surface ocean on all observable planets. Approximately 72% of the planet's surface (~3.6x108 km2) is covered by saline water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas, although some sources prove that the ocean only covers approximately 71% of the Earth's surface.[6] In terms of the hydrosphere in the Earth, the ocean contains 97% of the Earth's water. Oceanographers have stated that out of 97%, only 5% of the ocean as a whole in Earth has been explored.[6] Because it is the principal component of Earth's hydrosphere, the world ocean is integral to all known life, forms part of the carbon cycle, and influences climate and weather patterns. The total volume is approximately 1.3 billion cubic kilometres (310 million cu mi)[7] with an average depth of 3,682 metres (12,080 ft).[8] It is the habitat of 230,000 known species, however much of the ocean's depths remain unexplored and it is estimated that over two million marine species may exist.[9] The origin of Earth's oceans is still unknown though they are believed to have first appeared in the Hadean period and may have been the point of origin for the emergence of life.

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John Romer: 7 Wonders Of The Ancient World 2/4

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Duration: 44:47
Updated: 20 Nov 2012

Part1: http://youtu.be/eFi1yXOMRoM Part3: http://youtu.be/bYmXBfzE0EY Part4: http://youtu.be/V80SYR8UIE0 Written and presented by John Romer. The Seven Wonders of the World (or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) refers to remarkable constructions of classical antiquity listed by various authors in guidebooks popular among the ancient Hellenic tourists, particularly in the 1st and 2nd centuries BC. The most prominent of these, the versions by Antipater of Sidon and an observer identified as Philo of Byzantium, comprise seven works located around the eastern Mediterranean rim. The original list inspired innumerable versions through the ages, often listing seven entries. Of the original Seven Wonders, only one—the Great Pyramid of Giza, the oldest of the ancient wonders—remains relatively intact. The Seven Ancient Wonders Are: 1. Great Pyramid of Giza 2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon 3. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 4. Statue of Zeus at Olympia 5. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 6. Colossus of Rhodes 7. Lighthouse of Alexandria

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The Handwriting of Artists and the Dating of Their Drawings: The Case of Parmigianino

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Duration: 58:42
Updated: 28 Jun 2010

Learn more about the exhibition An Italian Journey: Drawings from the Tobey Collection, Correggio to Tiepolo on view at the Met May 12, 2010 - August 15, 2010: http://tinyurl.com/MetItalianJourney Learn more about Parmigianino: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/hi_parm.htm Over the past twenty years, Julie and David Tobey have assembled one of the preeminent collections of Italian Old Master drawings in private hands. Ranging across the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, this exhibition, consisting of approximately seventy drawings, covers all the principal centers of Italian art - Florence, Rome, Naples, Bologna, Parma, Venice, Genoa, Milan - and features masterpieces by a distinguished roster of great draftsmen, among them Correggio, Bernini, Guercino, Guido Reni, Canaletto, and Tiepolo. Impressive in its variety, the gamut of subject matter includes figure studies, historical and mythological narratives, landscapes, vedute, botanical drawings, motifs copied from or inspired by classical antiquity, and designs for painted compositions. David Ekserdjian, professor, Department of the History of Art and Film, University of Leicester.

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Secrets of Archimedes

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Duration: 52:41
Updated: 03 Dec 2011

Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek: Ἀρχιμήδης; c. 287 BC -- c. 212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Among his advances in physics are the foundations of hydrostatics, statics and an explanation of the principle of the lever. He is credited with designing innovative machines, including siege engines and the screw pump that bears his name. Modern experiments have tested claims that Archimedes designed machines capable of lifting attacking ships out of the water and setting ships on fire using an array of mirrors. Archimedes is generally considered to be the greatest mathematician of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time. He used the method of exhaustion to calculate the area under the arc of a parabola with the summation of an infinite series, and gave a remarkably accurate approximation of pi. He also defined the spiral bearing his name, formulae for the volumes of surfaces of revolution and an ingenious system for expressing very large numbers. Archimedes died during the Siege of Syracuse when he was killed by a Roman soldier despite orders that he should not be harmed. Cicero describes visiting the tomb of Archimedes, which was surmounted by a sphere inscribed within a cylinder. Archimedes had proven that the sphere has two thirds of the volume and surface area of the cylinder (including the bases of the latter), and regarded this as the greatest of his mathematical achievements. Unlike his inventions, the mathematical writings of Archimedes were little known in antiquity. Mathematicians from Alexandria read and quoted him, but the first comprehensive compilation was not made until c. 530 AD by Isidore of Miletus, while commentaries on the works of Archimedes written by Eutocius in the sixth century AD opened them to wider readership for the first time. The relatively few copies of Archimedes' written work that survived through the Middle Ages were an influential source of ideas for scientists during the Renaissance, while the discovery in 1906 of previously unknown works by Archimedes in the Archimedes Palimpsest has provided new insights into how he obtained mathematical results.

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photo: US Army / Edward N. Johnson

Korean People's Army soldiers observing the South Korean side of the DMZ. The Korean People's Army (KPA) is the name for the collective armed personnel of the North Korean military.

North Korea declares 'state of war' with South

New Straits/Business Times

30 Mar 2013

SEOUL . North Korea on Saturday declared it was in a “state of war” with South Korea and warned Seoul and Washington that any provocation would swiftly escalate into an all-out nuclear conflict. The United States said it took the announcement “seriously”, but noted it  followed a familiar pattern, while South Korea largely dismissed it as an old threat dressed in new clothing ... - AFP . ....(size: 4.4Kb)

photo: US Navy / Senior Chief MCS Spike Call

File - A North Korean soldier stands watch on the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone as U.S. Sailors assigned to the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group tour the DMZ in Panmunjom, South Korea, July 17, 2008.

Moscow Warns Against ‘Muscle Flexing’ Around N. Korea

Novosti

29 Mar 2013

MOSCOW, March 29 (RIA Novosti) – Russia cautioned against aggressive posturing in response to increasingly bellicose North Korean rhetoric on Friday, saying that it could spiral into violence ... Lavrov did not single out any specific country, but urged all sides involved in the Korean standoff to refrain from muscle-flexing ...   ....(size: 1.8Kb)

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In this Feb. 6, 2013 file photo, bystanders watch as a woman accused of witchcraft is burned alive in the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea.

Woman accused of witchcraft is burned alive in public flogging (Photos)

The Examiner

30 Mar 2013

A woman is beaten, tortured and set on fire in a public square, in Papua New Guinea , on Feb. 7, 2013. The woman is accused of being a witch by an angry mob, who bound, tortured and set her ablaze in view of hundreds of horrified spectators, a number of them were children. The woman's murder was photographed by some of the bystanders ... Woman burned alive ... Woman accused of witchcraft is burned alive in public flogging. Photo credit.  ... ....(size: 5.0Kb)

photo: AP / Shin Young-keun, Yonhap

U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bomber flies over near Osan U.S. Air Base in Pyeongtaek

US Stealth Bombers Fly Over Korea

Voa News

28 Mar 2013

The U.S. military says it dispatched war planes to the Korean peninsula as a show of deterrence directed at North Korea. The strategic B-2 bombers flew 20,000 kilometers non-stop Thursday from an air force base in the central U.S. to an island off the southwestern coast of the Korean peninsula before returning to their home base. The mission was held amid increasing threats by North Korea against South Korea and the United States ... Ms ... ....(size: 2.4Kb)

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The Sentinel R1 (also known as ASTOR – Airborne STand-Off Radar) provides a ground radar-surveillance platform based on the Bombardier Global Express long range business jet.

North Korea readies missiles after US bombers fly over South; Russia warns against military activity

Deccan Chronicle

29 Mar 2013

Seoul/Washington. North Korea put its missile units on standby on Friday to attack U.S. military bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the United States flew two nuclear-capable stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula in a rare show of force. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed off on the order at a midnight meeting of top generals and "judged the time has come to settle accounts with the U.S ... Pacific bases, are untested ... ....(size: 7.6Kb)

Take a ride in a vintage car at the Automobile Driving Museum (Photos)

The Examiner

29 Mar 2013

Everyone can appreciate the classic lines, the retro color schemes, the attention to detail and the purr -or ROAR - of the engines ... Located at 610 Lairport Street in El Segundo, the ADM exists to preserve automotive history with an impressive, rotating collection of 150 classic, antique and historic cars on display ... drive in a classic automobile....(size: 8.1Kb)

County by county news for Saturday

Atlanta Journal

29 Mar 2013

COBB. Powder Springs charter changes approved. A bill that changes several sections of the Powder Springs charter the House and Senate. Among the topics of the 38-page House Bill 634 are a code of ethics, qualifications of City Council members and municipal court judges, election of the mayor and City Council and powers and duties of the city manager ... Treasure Hunt Antique Mall will host the free cruise of classic and antique cars ... Cost....(size: 16.4Kb)

Women in ancient Egypt were more than just mummies

The Guardian

28 Mar 2013

As my TV series shows, with queens so powerful they were known as kings, women 'eliminated gender hierarchy for a brief period in classical antiquity' ... in the eyes of their subjects" and "eliminated gender hierarchy for a brief period in classical antiquity", according to Sarah Pomeroy, professor of classics and history at City University, New York....(size: 5.0Kb)

Visiting scholar to deliver lecture on Dante April 8 at W&M;

Daily Press

27 Mar 2013

Barolini, one of 14 professors nationwide chosen by the Phi Beta Kappa Society to be a 2012-13 Visiting Scholar, will speak at Millington Hall, Room 150. The event, which is sponsored by W&M’s Phi Beta Kappa Society, The Roy R ... A reception will follow ... Barolini's research focuses on 13th- and 14th-century Italian literary culture, its relation to classical antiquity and its reception through the centuries to our own day ... ....(size: 3.0Kb)

County by county news for Thursday

Atlanta Journal

27 Mar 2013

COBB. House commends Destiny World Church pastor. Georgia state representatives have honored Pastor Wilbur T. Purvis III upon his 20th anniversary as the lead pastor of Destiny World Church, 7400 Factory Shoals Road at I-20, Austell “for his significant commitment to his ministry and the Word of God .” ... Information. destinyworldchurch.org ... to 9 p.m ... Information ... Treasure Hunt Antique Mall will host the free cruise of classic and antique cars....(size: 16.5Kb)

Modern world neglects to ask why elites hold vast hoards of wealth

The Irish Times

27 Mar 2013

There is no breakfast at Tiffany’s, on Fifth Avenue and 57th Street in New York. But you can buy an engagement ring for $1 million up on the second floor – one of the attendants told us she had sold several rings for over $1 million, paid for by credit cards ... Its permanent collection includes classical antiquity paintings and sculptures of most of the great artists of Europe and America ... Lavish and operatic ... ....(size: 2.8Kb)

The Politics of Emotional Dismissal

Huffington Post

25 Mar 2013

It happened when Hillary Clinton gave her Benghazi testimony at the congressional hearing in January. It happened earlier this month when Dianne Feinstein spoke at the senate gun debate. The "it" that I am referring to is a concept borrowed from philosopher Sue Campbell, which I term the "politics of dismissal." When a man gets angry, (i.e ... Let me preface ... In classical antiquity, anger was an appropriate response to insults ... Sue Campbell ... ....(size: 5.6Kb)

The shock of the old: what the sculpture of Pan reveals about sex and the Romans

The Observer

24 Mar 2013

Pan and a she-goat, a sculpture from Herculaneum. Photograph. Mimmo Jodice/ Mimmo Jodice/CORBIS. Nothing is more likely to inspire us to see for ourselves than a warning about the effects of looking ... But the news story also exaggerates this censorship ... The boundary between the sacred and the secular was rather more porous in classical antiquity than it is today ... Carrie Vout is a senior lecturer in classics at the University of Cambridge ... ....(size: 9.7Kb)

Cruise Control: Classic Car Dealers in the US Industry Market Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld

Yahoo Daily News

19 Mar 2013

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 26, 2013 When per capita disposable income levels fell and investor uncertainty increased in 2008 as the recession hit, fewer consumers purchased this industry’s classic and antique cars. Consequently, Classic Car Dealers industry revenue contracted 17.4% that year ... Classic and antique car selling prices range from average used-car prices (i.e ... This industry sells classic and antique cars....(size: 5.2Kb)

Henry Moore, Auguste Rodin meet in English field

US News

19 Mar 2013

Rodin's muscular nudes are more obviously classical in inspiration than Moore's stretched and warped figures ... Inspired by antiquity and by Renaissance geniuses like Michelangelo, they studied classical art then took it apart ... Rodin's are mostly classical antiquities; Moore's, reflecting his fascination with found objects and art from non-Western cultures, include a Persian model of a lynx, a stone Aztec head and a piece of driftwood. ....(size: 4.4Kb)

>Henry Moore, Auguste Rodin meet in English field

Seattle Post

19 Mar 2013

New exhibition brings together Henry Moore, Auguste Rodin, pioneers of modern sculpture

Star Tribune

19 Mar 2013

Adriatic cruise: A history lesson in every port

The Independent

16 Mar 2013

You can buy a pair of designer jeans in Emperor Diocletian's third-century retirement palace, at Split on the Croatian coast ... It's like a journey in Doctor Who's Tardis. time travel made easy. The odyssey begins in Rome, where I spend a couple of days hurtling between classical antiquity and the Renaissance before taking the hour-long train ride to the port of Civitavecchia to join the Celebrity Silhouette ... What a good decision that was....(size: 6.4Kb)

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Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Born	(1836-01-08)8 January 1836 Dronrijp, The Netherlands
Died	25 June 1912(1912-06-25) (aged 76) Wiesbaden, Germany
Nationality	Dutch
Field	Painting
Movement	Academicism
Awards	OM, RA

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Name	Alma-Tadema, Lawrence
Alternative names
Short description	Painter
Date of birth	8 January 1836
Place of birth	Dronrijp the Netherlands
Date of death	25 June 1912
Place of death	Wiesbaden, Germany

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