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Archaeologist Claims To Have Found Aristotle's Tomb

Edit IFL Science 27 May 2016
The not uncontroversial claim has been announced during a conference in Thessaloniki, Greece, to commemorate the great scholar’s birth in 384 BCE, and comes after excavations at Aristotle’s birthplace, which have been ongoing for the last 20 years ... The new building unearthed is thought to have had a domed ceiling, and contained a square marble floor dating to the beginning of the Hellenistic period (323 – 31 BCE), along with an alter....

A Thousand and One Nights in Persia (Accor SA)

Edit Public Technologies 27 May 2016
(Source. Accor SA). 05/27/2016 ... Iran is on the way back ... Tourism in Iran had already started picking up in 2013 ... It all started in Antiquity with the great Achaemenid Empire, one of the world's oldest civilisations, before undergoing a long period of Greco-Macedonian rule between the fourth and second centuries BCE, Turkish influence in the eighth century and occupation by Genghis Khan's fearsome Mongols in the 13th century ... NB ... (noodl....

May 26, 2016 - Summer Kicks Off With Boulder Creek Festival; Ducks Staying Home Until Fall (City of Boulder, CO)

Edit Public Technologies 26 May 2016
(Source. City of Boulder, CO). Media Contacts.. Denise White, Parks and Recreation, 303-413-7258. Sarah Huntley, Media Relations, 303-441-3155 ... This year is an important milestone for the Boulder Creek Festival, the park and long-time producer Boulder Creek Events (BCE) ... 'The city values the team at BCE and our long contracting relationship which coincidentally reaches its term this fall,' said Parks & Recreation Director Yvette Bowden....

The 'war on cash' can be traced back to ancient times

Edit Business Insider 26 May 2016
The war on cash is now a global phenomenon ... However, the results of this war reveal its true purpose ... One notable example occurred in China during the “Warring States” period, roughly 475–221 BCE. This era produced some of China’s greatest contributions to philosophy and technology, but unfortunately, was also a time of unrelenting warfare and political centralization, leading eventually to the Qin unification of China in 221 BCE ... 613) ... ....

Was the Invention of Finance Responsible for Democracy?

Edit The Atlantic 26 May 2016
Athens is most famous as the birthplace of democracy. Although the development of Athenian political institutions has long been the subject of study, the economic foundation of democracy has attracted less interest until recently ... The tyrant Peisistratus ruled intermittently from 561 to 527 BCE, followed by his sons Hippias and Hyparchus, who ruled until 508 BCE ... According to the fourth-century Pythagorean philosopher Archytas, ... ....

Documents that Changed the World: Noah Webster’s dictionary, 1828 (University of Washington)

Edit Public Technologies 26 May 2016
22, 1963 The Book of Mormon The DSM, 1952 Airline 'black box' flight data recorder, 1958 Alaska Purchase Check, 1868 Zimmerman Telegram, 1917 Rules of Association Football (Soccer), 1863 The Star Spangled Banner, 1814 Joseph McCarthy's 'list,' 1950 Rosie the Riveter Poster, 1943 Exaltation of Inanna, 2300 BCE Annals of the World, 1650 Charles ......

BAMPFA’s chief curator to retire (University of California - Berkeley)

Edit Public Technologies 26 May 2016
(Source. University of California - Berkeley) ... Looking at Whistler (2010) ... The institution's collection of over 19,000 works of art dates from 3000 BCE to the present day and includes important holdings of Neolithic Chinese ceramics, Ming and Qing Dynasty Chinese painting, Old Master works on paper, Italian Baroque painting, early American painting, Abstract Expressionist painting, contemporary photography, and Conceptual art ... (noodl....

On the life (and deaths) of democracy (University of Cambridge)

Edit Public Technologies 26 May 2016
(Source. University of Cambridge). Following the history of democracy from its invention in 508 BCE to the 21st century, Democracy. A Life traces the development of political thinking over millennia. It also examines the many sustained attacks on the original notion of Athenian democracy across the intervening centuries which have left it degraded, deformed and largely unrecognisable from its original incarnation ... rule for and by the few....

Raptors’ Lebron Showdown Fills Hockey Hole for Rogers and BCE

Edit Bloomberg 25 May 2016
and BCE Inc., which co-own the team and show its games on their TV channels ... The May 23 match on BCE’s TSN channel against the Cavaliers was the highest-rated National Basketball Association game ever in Canada, reaching 5.5 million people, according to BCE ... Rogers and BCE originally bought the Raptors in 2011 as part of a package deal to acquire the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs for C$1.32 billion ($1 billion)....

ADTRAN Demos Dynamic Service Chaining at BCE

Edit Business Wire 25 May 2016
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. & AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#BCE--ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ. ADTN), a leading provider of open networking solutions, announced today it is demonstrating how its virtual Customer Premise Equipment (vCPE) delivers SDN/NFV functionality within an open, multi-vendor, multi-domain environment as part of the NFV Interoperability Demo at the Big Communications Event in Austin, Texas ... ....

Script used in Ashokan pillars is 'dhammlipi', not 'Brahmi', says scholor

Edit The Times of India 25 May 2016
ALLAHABAD ... Dash, who has a long experience of working with national mission for manuscripts, Delhi was talking to media at the workshop organised by the central library on manuscripts ... In India we have phonetic script", said Dash ... Brahmi is generally believed to be attested from the 3rd century BCE during the reign of Ashoka, who used the script for imperial edicts ... Bookmark or read stories offline - Download the TOI app. RELATED....

Speech by President at Business Event in Guangzhou (Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
(Source. Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India). H.E. Mr.Zhu Xiaodan, Governor of Guangdong Province. Mr. Jiang Zengwei, Chairman of the China Council for Promotion of International Trade, ... Han Shu (Book of Han Dynasty) of 2nd century BCE talks about a direct sea route from Guangdong to Kanchipuram in South India. As early as the 4th century BCE, Chinese silk is mentioned in Kautilya's treatise, the Arthashastra ... (noodl....

India’s grasswork and handicraft communities

Edit Indian Express 25 May 2016
Koodur crafts are a part of heritage, livelihoods and sustainability here in the Padder valley of Kishtwar, famously known for ‘Padderi’ kambals (blankets) and Jootis (shoes) for men and women. (Source. Arun Sharma, PMRDF Kishtwar, J&K;) ... Read More ... Similarly, the genesis of pottery and earthenware dates back to the time of the Indus Valley civilisation (3300–1300 BCE), which was privy to the relationship crafts enjoy with natural wealth....
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