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Timelines of Art History

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:00:52 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman

Clip Source: www.art-and-archaeology.com

The World (BC/BCE)

Malta

2500

Egypt	2700	2200	2050	1800	1550	1080	323
Early Dynastic	Old Kingdom	1 Int	Middle Kingdom	2d Int	New Kingdom	Late Dynastic	Ptolemaic

Ancient Near East	2300	2000	1200	625	*	240
Sumeria	Akkad	Babylonia	Assyria	Persia	*	Parthia

Greece	1900	1100	750	500	323
	Bronze Age	Dark Age	Archaic	Classic	Hellenistic

Rome	850	509	100
	Etruscan	Republic	Late R.

India	1500	300
Harappan	Aryan	Classic

Japan	300
Jomon	Yayoi

China	2200	1700	1050	770	221
Neolithic	Xia	Shang	W. Zhou	E. Zhou	Chin-Han

Mesoamerica	1800
	Preclassic / Formative

South America	1000	200
	Early Horizon	E. Int.

North America	1000
	North, East

Old Stones | timelines (ad)

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Khafre

Seneb

Rahotep

Scribe

Geese - Medum, tomb of Itet

Clip Source: www.art-and-archaeology.com

Winged Bull

Ashurnasirpal

Nubian

Deity

Pazuzu

Gold Cup

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Fathers of the zodiac tracked down

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:51:12 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman

Clip Source: www.redicecreations.com

Using modern techniques — and some rocks — a US astronomer has traced the origin of a set of ancient clay tablets to a precise date and place. The tablets show constellations thought to be precursors of the present-day zodiac.

The tablets, known collectively as MUL.APIN, contain nearly 200 astronomical observations, including measurements related to several constellations. They are written in cuneiform, a Middle-Eastern script that is one of the oldest known forms of writing, and were made in Babylon around 687 BC.

But most archaeologists believe that the tablets are transcriptions of much earlier observations made by Assyrian astronomers. Just how much older has been disputed — the estimates go back to 2,300 BC.

Now Brad Schaefer, an astronomer at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, says he has dated the observations to 1,370 BC, give or take a century.

"It's like a big hour hand in the sky,

the ancient observers lived within roughly 100 kilometres of 35.1° N

Ninova and Asur

10 Reasons The Dark Ages Were Not Dark

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:07:58 GMT

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Clip Source: listverse.com

I believe that we can safely say that the period of man’s history from 476 AD to 1000 AD is the most maligned of all.

Universities Are Born

The Classical Education (still used today in some schools) was the system used by the Universities which were created in the Early Middle Ages (the first in history).

Scientific Foundations Laid

While progress in Science was slow during this period in the West, the progress was steady and of a very high quality

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Carolingian Renaissance

The Carolingian Renaissance was a period of advancements in literature, writing, the arts, architecture, jurisprudence, liturgical and scriptural studies which occurred in the late eighth and ninth centuries.

Byzantine Golden Age

Religious Unity

a sticky topic

Algebra Arrived

Thanks to the learning of the Islamic people in the East, the world received its first book on algebra.

Art and Architecture

Fantastic Weather

Law Becomes Fair

Agricultural Boom

The Medieval Bestiary

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:55:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Just a taster of a fantastic site. (The title page hasn't clipped - sorry.)

Clip Source: bestiary.ca

Introduction

Contents

Search this site

Help with this site

Contact

Chimaera: bestiary blog

Beasts

Manuscripts

Bibliography

Encyclopedia

Digital Text Library

Articles

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Top

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Amphisbaena

A serpent with two heads, one at either end

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Ape

Called "simia" because it is similar to humans

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Basilisk

Its odor, voice and even look can kill

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Bonnacon

A beast like a bull, that uses its dung as a weapon

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Crocodile

A beast that weeps after eating a man

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Unicorn

The unicorn is a fierce beast that can only be captured by a maiden

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Dolphin

Dolphins gather in schools at the sound of music

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Dragon

The greatest of all serpents on earth

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Hyena

A beast that eats human corpses and changes sex

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Leucrota

A composite beast with a mouth that stretches from ear to ear

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Mandrake

A plant with human-shaped roots, that shrieks when it is pulled from the earth

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Wether

The wether is named from the worms in its head

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Weasel

The weasel conceives at the mouth and gives birth through the ear

A War on Science (BBC 2006)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:11:33 GMT

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The Illusion of Reality

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:21:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Science from the BBC.
Last episode in the ATOM series 2007

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This Python is No More. He Has Ceased to Be

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:37:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Graham Chapman's memorial service 1989

Clip Source: scienceblogs.com

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Flying low

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:34:42 GMT

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Clip Source: www.allthingsbeautiful.com

I love the part where the pilot is reading the map 100 ft off the ground. Awesome.

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Animating Aslan

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:45:07 GMT

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Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Video

Animating Aslan

Throat-Singing

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:22:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Media links don't seem to work from the clip. Go to source for some extraordinary sounds.

Clip Source: www.smithsonianglobalsound.org

Throat-singing

is one of the world’s oldest forms of music.

In throat-singing, a singer can produce two or more notes simultaneously through specialized vocalization technique taking advantage of the throat’s resonance characteristics

N. Sengedorj of Mongolia demonstrates Khöömei throat-singing.

Source: 768k Quicktime Video, 54s.

identified with parts of Central Asia, but it is also practiced in northern Canada and South Africa

Mark van Tongeren, an ethnomusicologist specializing in Khöömei, gives a lesson.

Source: 768k Quicktime Video, 3m 1s.

Nukariik (Inuit) Sisters Karin and Kathy Kettler demonstrate traditional Inuit throat singing.

Source: 512k Quicktime Video, 2m 40s.


	Radio Throat Singing Listen to a stream of throat-singing Tuvans recreating the sounds of their natural surroundings.

Tuva

imitate sounds of the natural surroundings--animals, mountains, streams, and the harsh winds of the steppe

Steppe Kargiraa
performed by Fedor Tau (Tuva Republic, Russia)

Inuit

Xhosa

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A War On Science: Evolution vs. Intelligent Design -BBC documentary - Part 1-6

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:46:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This documentary looks at the current situation surrounding the evolution vs. creationism/intelligent design in the USA.

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A War On Science: Evolution vs. Intelligent Design (1-6)

Some 150 years ago Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution which went against the belief humans and all life on earth was created by God. After years of controversy surrounding his theory evolution became accepted as the dominant scientific explanation for the creation of life and the world. However, a new challenge is launched against Darwin and his theory of evolution: intelligent design.
This documentary looks at the current situation surrounding the evolution vs. creationism/intelligent design in the USA.

[Video]

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A War On Science: Evolution vs. Intelligent Design (2-6)

A War On Science: Evolution vs. Intelligent Design (3-6)

War on Science - intelligent design - Part 4

A War On Science: Evolution vs. Intelligent Design (5-6)

A War On Science: Evolution vs. Intelligent Design (6-6)

Architectural Doodles

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:27:44 GMT

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Clip Source: www.doodlage.com

This is the “baby” of Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000) and Rogner Bad Blumau, is one of the places where he fully expressed his vision in architecture and overall philosophy - Life in harmony and in harmony with nature.

Little more digging, produced many-many more examples of Hundertwasser’s beautiful colorful work. He managed to turn the most ordinary things, like a public toilet in a small New Zealand’s community into icons of architectural creativity:

Houses, wineries, walls, pretty much anything he touched, became a local/and/or international attraction and is getting plenty of well-deserved attention:

Ladies with Robots

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:23:04 GMT

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The Subway

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:05:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Is it just boys?

Clip Source: niemann.blogs.nytimes.com

My sons Arthur, 5, and Gustav, 3, are obsessed with the New York City subway system.

They can barely sit through an episode of “Sesame Street.” But when we go for aimless subway joy rides on the weekends, they sit like little angels, devoutly calling out the names of every station for hours.

People often ask me for directions in the subway. Even though I know my way around rather well, I still have to defer to Arthur very often. Yet it seems people don’t trust the advice of a preschooler. They should.

Arthur knows the map so well that when he got his first pair of subway-map socks, he pointed out with a chuckle that it had the Q still running as an orange line.

The two happiest words Arthur and Gustav can hope to hear are “service changes.”

However, the other passengers in the car gave me warm smiles. I guess they hadn’t seen that many 3-year-olds sobbing, “Local…I want the local.”

a little gap between some bushes, from which you can see the Franklin Avenue shuttle train go by

Carthage, Tunisia

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:07:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: All things come to pass...

Clip Source: www.ancientplaces.tv

Carthage, Tunisia

July 1st, 2008 Posted in Berkshire, Neolithic, Punic, Roman, Tunisia

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Carthage was the scourge of Rome. Home of Hannibal and challenger for trading pre-eminence on the Meditterranean. We will explore the remains of this once great city, the port, houses and the site where once Hannibal Barca plotted revenge on his sworn enemy. We end the episode by visiting the cemeteries where once child scarifice was practised.

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