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Top Spots on Hadrian's Wall
Continuing their journey northward through England, David Miano and Mariza Lockhart finally reach the eastern end of Hadrian’s Wall, the Roman defensive fortification that was built in the early second century CE to protect Roman territory from the “wildlings” to the north of the wall. In this first part of a 2-part series on Hadrian’s famous barrier, you’ll get a closer look at the top spots on Hadrian's Wall, including the Arbeia Roman fort in South Shields, which served as a supply depot for the troops on the wall, Segedunum, the easternmost fort at Wallsend, and Cilurnum (now called Chesters Fort), where the Romans stationed their cavalry.
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Gilded Male Mummy Mask
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Trade in the Roman Empire
Matthew Moore, student at the University of Toronto, visits the Royal Ontario Museum's Eaton Gallery of Rome and explores trade in the Roman Empire.
Investigating a 'Mystery Vessel' at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Archeologists have discovered hundreds of eerily similar clay objects in archaeological sites in Egypt, Syria and Iran from the 12th and 13th centuries. Those who trade in antiquities refer to them simply as the Mystery Vessels.
They are not mysterious because they are rare, or because of how they are made. But try as they might, experts at the world's greatest museums have been unable to answer this simple question: What are they for? These diminutive whatsits conceal a secret that will surprise you: an 800-year-old technology that is amazingly similar to our own.
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Female Mummy Mask
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Shabti of Ptahhotep
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Harrow School
Harrow School, commonly referred to as Harrow, is an English independent school for boys situated in the town of Harrow, in north-west London. There is some evidence that there has been a school on the site since 1243, but the Harrow School of today was formally founded by John Lyon under a Royal Charter of Elizabeth I in 1572. Harrow is one of the original nine public schools that were regulated by the Public Schools Act 1868.
The School has an enrolment of 814 boys spread across twelve boarding houses, all of whom board full-time. It remains one of the four all-boys, full-boarding schools in Britain, the others being Radley College, Eton College and Winchester College. Harrow's uniform includes straw hats, morning suits, top hats and canes. Its long line of famous alumni includes eight former Prime Ministers (including Churchill, Baldwin, Peel, and Palmerston), numerous foreign statesmen, former and current members of both houses of the UK Parliament, two Kings and several other members of various royal families, 20 Victoria Cross and one George Cross holders, and a great many notable figures in both the arts and the sciences. This year's Good Schools Guide said Parents looking for a top notch, blue chip, full boarding, all boys' school will be hard-pressed to beat Harrow. This is a school on top of its game.
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Inside Interior Designer Douglas Mackie’s Laboratory of Art
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Giles Waterfield: A Mirror to the Frick: The Collector Museums of Britain, 1870–1920
Giles Waterfield, the author of The People’s Galleries, examines the creation and flourishing in Britain of private collections that became museums, from the Bowes Museum to the Wallace Collection to the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery. Do they resemble the Frick, or are their collections and aspirations wholly different? This lecture is co-sponsored by the Institute for Classical Architecture and Art.
This lecture was recorded April 27, 2016 at The Frick Collection, New York
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Early American White Bedcovers by Laurel Horton
Scholar Laurel Horton shares the journey behind her research on historical American white bedcovers in this 2011 lecture from the International Quilt Study Center & Museum archive.
WATCHTOWER FROM TIME OF KING HEZEKIAH UNCOVERED BY IDF SOLDIERS
FROM THE ARMY OF JUDAH TO THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES:
A WATCHTOWER DATING FROM THE TIME OF KING HEZEKIAH WAS UNCOVERED DURING ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS BY SOLDIERS OF THE PARATROOPERS BASE IN THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY, AS PART OF THE NATURE DEFENSE FORCES PROJECT - COMMANDERS TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ENVIRONMENT, AND LED BY THE ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY
Archaeologists: It appears that the tower was used to transmit messages using beacons, similar to the method mentioned in the sources
A watchtower dating from the time of the Kingdom of Judah (8th century BCE – during the reign of King Hezekiah) was recently uncovered during archeological excavations by IDF soldiers, together with the Israel Antiquities Authority at a paratroopers base in the south of the country. The excavation was conducted as part of the project called The Nature Defense Forces Project- Commanders Take Responsibility for their Environment, led by the IDF's Technology and Maintenance Corps, and was carried out in cooperation with the IDF, the Ministry of Defense, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the Israel Antiquities Authority.
The tower, whose dimensions in antiquity is estimated to have been 5 x 3.5 m, was erected at a high geographic site, and as such, was an observation point to the Hebron Mountains, the Judean plain and the Ashkelon vicinity. It was built of especially large stones, some 8 tons in weight, and its height today reaches around 2 m. According to Sa'ar Ganor and Valdik Lifshitz, excavation directors on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, The strategic location of the tower served as a lookout and warning point against the Philistine enemy, one of whose cities was Ashkelon. In the days of the First Temple, the Kingdom of Judah built a range of towers and fortresses as points of communication, warning and signaling, to transmit messages and field intelligence. This tower is one of the observation points connecting the large cities in the area, located in the Beit Mirsim (Mirsham), Tel Eton and Tel Lachish sites. In ancient times, to transmit messages, beacons of smoke were lit during the day and beacons of fire at night. It is probable that the watchtower now uncovered is one of the towers that bore some of the beacons.
In the Bible, beacons, or, in the language of the Bible, pillars are mentioned several times. Thus, in the story of the Concubine in Gibeah, the use of pillars of smoke is described: The Israelites had arranged with the ambush that they should send up a great cloud of smoke from the city, and then the Israelites would counter attack .The Benjamites had begun to inflict casualties on the Israelites (about thirty), and they said, “We are defeating them as in the first battle.” But when the column of smoke began to rise from the city, the Benjamites turned and saw the whole city going up in smoke (Judges 20: 38-40). The prophet Jeremiah also describes the manner in which the beacons were passed: Flee for safety, people of Benjamin! Flee from Jerusalem! Sound the trumpet in Tekoa! Raise the signal over Beth Hakkerem! For disaster looms out of the north, even terrible destruction (Jeremiah 6:1). Evidence from another source is known from one of the ostracons (letters on clay) discovered at Tel Lachish. At the end of letter no. 4 it is written, May Yahweh cause my lord to hear reports of good news this very day …. Then it will be known that we are watching the (fire) signals of Lachish according to the code which my lord gave us for we cannot see Azekah. This letter shows that the existence of the beacons and the interpretation of the signals were part of the defense system and the idea of routine security, and security in times of emergency, in the Kingdom of Judea during the Iron Age.
Activity in the ancient tower, uncovered in the area of the military base, ceased on the eve of the expedition of Sennacherib, King of Assyria, to Judah in 701 BCE. Archaeological excavations revealed that the entrance to the tower was blocked, and the force stationed there apparently converged on one of the nearby fortified towns. From biblical testimonies and archeological findings in the area, we know that Sennacherib's attack virtually destroyed Judah, including 46 cities and 2,000 villages and farms. Now, some 2700 years after Sennacherib's expedition to the Land of Judah, IDF soldiers uncovered an observation tower belonging to Judean army soldiers, similar to the watchtowers used today by the army.
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Marcia Pointon: “Why Portraiture?
Discover the reasons why portraits have played such an important part in the history of western art since Antiquity, and consider the role they have in shaping how individuals and societies see themselves.
Marcia Pointon is Professor Emeritus in art history at the University of Manchester, a Research Fellow at the Courtauld Institute of Art, and a Leverhulme Senior Research Fellow at the National Portrait Gallery. Previously, she was a professor at the University of Sussex and Pilkington Professor of History of Art at Manchester University. Her publications include Portrayal and the Search for Identity (2013); Brilliant Effects: A Cultural History of Gem Stones and Jewellery (2009), which won the Historians of British Art Book Prize in 2011; Strategies for Showing: Women, Possession and Representation in English Visual Culture 1665–1800 (1997); and Hanging the Head: Portraiture and Social Formation in Eighteenth-century England (1993). Her book Rocks, Ice and Dirty Stones: Diamond Histories will be published this year.
This lecture was recorded on April 6, 2016 at The Frick Collection, New York.
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football, more commonly known as football or soccer,[2] is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries, making it the world's most popular sport.[3][4][5][6] The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal.
The goalkeepers are the only players allowed to touch the ball with their hands or arms while it is in play and then only in their penalty area. Outfield players mostly use their feet to strike or pass the ball, but may use their head or torso to strike the ball instead. The team that scores the most goals by the end of the match wins. If the score is level at the end of the game, either a draw is declared or the game goes into extra time and/or a penalty shootout depending on the format of the competition. The Laws of the Game were originally codified in England by The Football Association in 1863. Association football is governed internationally by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA; French: Fédération Internationale de Football Association) which organises a World Cup every four years. The earliest known football-type game from Europe was Phaininda from Ancient Greece recorded in the fourth century BCE by Antiphanes (c.408 to 334 BCE) [8] Phaininda was similar to the Greek game Episkyros.[9][10] An image of an Episkyros player taken from an ancient stone carving held by the Acropolis Museum appears on the UEFA European Championship Cup.[11] Athenaeus, writing in 228 AD, stated the Roman ball game Harpastum [9] was a version of Phaininda.[8] As with pre-codified Mob Football, the antecedent of all modern football codes, these three games involved more handling the ball than kicking.[12][13] According to FIFA the competitive game cuju is the earliest form of football for which there is scientific evidence.[14] Documented evidence of an activity resembling football can be found in the Chinese military manual Zhan Guo Ce compiled between the third and second century BC.[14][15] Players were tasked with kicking a ball into a net affixed to bamboo poles, using only their feet, chest, back or shoulders.[16] Non-competitive games included kemari in Japan, chuk-guk in Korea and woggabaliri in Australia.
Association football in itself does not have a classical history.[17] Notwithstanding any similarities to other ball games played around the world FIFA have recognised that no historical connection exists with any game played in antiquity outside Europe.[18] The modern rules of association football are based on the mid-19th century efforts to standardise the widely varying forms of football played in the public schools of England. The history of football in England dates back to at least the eighth century AD.[19]
The Cambridge Rules, first drawn up at Cambridge University in 1848, were particularly influential in the development of subsequent codes, including association football. The Cambridge Rules were written at Trinity College, Cambridge, at a meeting attended by representatives from Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Winchester and Shrewsbury schools. They were not universally adopted. During the 1850s, many clubs unconnected to schools or universities were formed throughout the English-speaking world, to play various forms of football. Some came up with their own distinct codes of rules, most notably the Sheffield Football Club, formed by former public school pupils in 1857,[20] which led to formation of a Sheffield FA in 1867. In 1862, John Charles Thring of Uppingham School also devised an influential set of rules.[
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Houghton Hall: A Conversation with the Marquess of Cholmondeley
Houghton Hall is one of the finest English country houses in existence. It has remained in the hands of the direct descendents of Sir Robert Walpole, England’s first prime minister, for over three hundred years. Join Houghton’s current owner, the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, and Gary Tinterow, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and longtime friend of the Cholmondeleys, for a conversation about what it means to be the steward of this architectural gem and its collections. Houghton Hall: Portrait of an English Country House is on view in the Ingram Gallery from February 13 through May 10, 2015.
The Sixty-Fourth A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts: Restoration as Event and Idea: Art in Europ
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The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in continuous operation. It grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris. After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled north-east to Cambridge where they established what became the University of Cambridge. The two 'ancient universities' are frequently jointly referred to as 'Oxbridge'. The history and influence of the University of Oxford has made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.The university is made up of 38 constituent colleges, and a range of academic departments which are organised into four divisions. All the colleges are self-governing institutions within the university, each controlling its own membership and with its own internal structure and activities. It does not have a main campus, and its buildings and facilities are scattered throughout the city centre. Undergraduate teaching at Oxford is organised around weekly tutorials at the colleges and halls, supported by classes, lectures, seminars, and laboratory work provided by university faculties and departments; some postgraduate teaching includes tutorials organised by faculties and departments. It operates the world's oldest university museum, as well as the largest university press in the world and the largest academic library system nationwide. The university is consistently cited as among the world's best.Oxford has educated many notable alumni, including 29 Nobel laureates, 27 prime ministers of the United Kingdom and many heads of state and government around the world. As of 2017, 69 Nobel Prize winners, 3 Fields Medalists, and 6 Turing Award winners have studied, worked, or held visiting fellowships at the University of Oxford. Its alumni have won 160 Olympic medals. Oxford is the home of the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the world's oldest international scholarships.
The Sun Temple of Nefertiti: Sex and Death
The discovery of the lost sun temple of Nefertiti has revealed new aspects of the Aten cult overseen by the famous Egyptian queen. Jacquelyn Williamson discusses new research that links Nefertiti's temple to funerary activities at Tell el-Amarna and to sexual aspects of regeneration.