Spotlights On Our Global Village As A New Society
Archaeologists to unlock the secrets and enduring mysteries ancient Egyptians Archaeologists attempting to unlock the secrets of the Great Pyramid of Giza have a new helper: a drill- and camera-toting robot designed to peer into the magnificent structure’s unexplored nooks and crannies. It’s hoped that this high-tech explorer — built by researchers at England’s Leeds…
VOA’s Nico Colombant presents a mini-documentary about Ethiopian-American artist Seleshi Feseha. Feseha has struggled to navigate the art world in the United States, forcing him to drive a taxi to survive, while continuing to paint at night. Given his circumstances, though, his current art thematic may be surprising
If President Obama wants to convince Americans to support the ‘Ground Zero mosque’ he needs to tie it to our personal tolerance for other faiths.
Traveler to the undiscovere’d country By Roger Ebert on August 13, 2010 12:45 AM | Permalink | Comments (207) I watched Christopher Hitchens’ CNN interview with Anderson Cooper with gathering sympathy. He had cancer. He was going to die. Apart from that, the treatment seemed about to kill him, and he was feeling very unwell….
Michelangelo’s famous marble statue, David, is displayed at the Florence’s Accademia Gallery
Secrets of Art Appreciation “Some people say modern art is pretentious, but if you look at it like this…” I am not an “art critic.” I can tell you how I feel about a given work of art, but I may feel differently over time or if I see the same work in another space….
A fierce controversy is raging in the United States over plans to build an Islamic community and outreach centre, including a mosque, in Lower Manhattan, several blocks from “Ground Zero” – the site where the World Trade Centre stood when it was attacked on September 11, 2001. The controversy started when the Cordoba Initiative, led…
Mikhail Khodorkovsky sits in a defendant’s cage in a Moscow courtroom in this June 16, 2004 file photo. In a lengthy interview published in this week’s issue of SPIEGEL, he argues: “I was not a rober baron in the past, just as I’m not a martyr today.” SPIEGEL interview, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, 47, the former Russian…