The grave, which holds the intact mummy of the brother of an important regional governor, includes a polychrome funerary mask and – in a first (so far) – all the customary burial goods.
Tag: 03.22.17
Site Of Jesus’s Tomb, Just Restored, In Danger Of ‘Catastrophic’ Collapse
The historic structure on top of the site (known as the Edicule) has just been fixed up, but – as engineers discovered during the project – the ground on which it sits is very unstable, and fixing it will be very tricky.
Is Martin Luther Responsible For The Concept Of Individual Liberty?
“Luther was not a lover of human freedom: he insisted on absolute obedience to the external authority of secular rulers; and his violent denunciation of the Peasants’ Revolt and his call for its bloody repression demonstrated a fanatical determination to uphold external authority.” And yet, argues historian Frank Furedi, his challenge to the authority of the Roman Catholic hierarchy led directly to the idea that one could challenge authority as such.
Minneapolis Central Library Has A Social Worker On Staff
“[Kate] Coleman works full time at the downtown library as part of a yearslong effort by the Hennepin County Library system to better help the homeless connect with tools and resources in the area.”
Teaching Computers To Read: A Short History Of Optical Character Recognition
“Optical character recognition, or OCR, is a technology that came up with computing in general. In a lot of ways, it still feels like magic – even though it’s a problem we solved long ago. Today’s Tedium tells its story.”
Deborah Cullinan: Why The Arts Need To Lead For Democracy
“Arts and culture organizations must understand themselves not as arbiters of taste, but as creative homes for the people. They must be places driven by artists, culture bearers, philosophers, and activists. They must be platforms for cultivating public imagination; building thick and diverse networks; convening across differences and sectors; and incubating breakthrough ideas that stick, because they spring from communities that come together to embrace truth, honor diversity, and poetically pursue freedom.”
Magnetic North Theatre Festival Cancels 2017 Edition, And Shuts Permanently
The 15-year-old theatre’s board announced it was shutting down immediately, with a debt of more than $224,000 (Canadian), one month after it hired a new managing director.
Inside Mirriam-Webster’s Version Of The 21st Century Dictionary
There are only about 50 lexicographers working at dictionary companies in the United States today, Kory Stamper estimated. But their work, she believes, remains as vital as it was in Noah Webster’s day. “There’s something to having a bunch of nerds sitting in an office dispassionately reading lots and lots of material and distilling the meaning of a word as it’s been used in lots of places,” she said. “It really is this weird democratic process.”
A Voyage To The Depths Of Merriam-Webster HQ
Jennifer Schuessler’s guide on the trip is Kory Stamper, one of Merriam-Websters new generation of social-media stars.
Indianapolis Symphony Principal Bassoonist Sues Orchestra For Age Discrimination
John Wetherill, 62, accuses music director Krzysztof Urbański, 34, of a five-year campaign of harassment, including attempts at public humiliation, in an effort to get Wetherill to retire or give up his principal chair in favor of a younger player. The ISO has no comment. (Where’s the musicians’ union?)