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Monday Feb 25th, 2013
Images of Ancient Nubia
For most of the modern world, ancient Nubia seems an unknown and enigmatic land. Only a handful of archaeologists have studied its history or unearthed the Nubian cities, temples, and cemeteries that once dotted the landscape of southern Egypt and northern Sudan. Nubia’s remote setting in the midst of an inhospitable desert, with access by river blocked by impassable rapids, has lent it not only an air of mystery, but also isolated it from exploration… read more »
Thursday May 23rd, 2013
The old shall be made new
Simon Wright on new issues and performances of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ unpublished work
Thursday May 23rd, 2013
China: the making of an economic superpower
Linda Yueh considers the future for China’s economy
Wednesday May 22nd, 2013
Multifarious devils, part 1: “bogey”
Anatoly Liberman on boo, bugbears, bucks, and boogie-woogie
Wednesday May 22nd, 2013
The History of the World: Nixon visits Moscow
An extract from J.M. Roberts’s classic
Saturday
May 18th, 2013
The science non-fiction of Commander Chris Hadfield’s ‘Space Oddity’
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