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Revealing Aphrodite: The Journey #2

Stavros Papageorghiou | Posted 02.04.2012 | Home
Read More: Archaeoastronomy, Women, Stavros Papageorghiou, Entelechy Film, Cyprus, Aphrodite of Cyprus, Adonis, Archaeology, Osiris, Amathus, Apollo Hylates, Documentary, Geodesy, Entelechy, Entelechy Documentary, Pausanias, Home News
Stavros Papageorghiou

In 1991 and 1992, a team of six topographers was called in to verify the alignment of the sanctuary of Apollo Hylates with the position of the sun at midday on the summer solstice.

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Announcement Of The Nobel Prize For Literature 2011 (LIVE UPDATES)

Posted 12.06.2011 | Books
Read More: Literature, Tomas Transtromer, Nobel Prize Winner, Nobel Prize for Literature 2011, Nobel Prize, Adonis, Awards, Tomas-Transtromer-Poet, Bob Dylan, Nobel Prize for Literature, Books News

Who will win? Who do you want to win? Why does everyone care so much? Follow our coverage here, and let us know your thoughts in the comments! You can...

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Who Is This Nobel Prize Frontrunner?

Madeleine Crum | Posted 12.04.2011 | Books
Read More: Nobel Prize, Arab Spring, Adonis, Poet, Betting, Nobel Prizes, Nobel Prize for Literature, Syria, Poetry, Books News

While a number of American dark horses appear on potential contenders for this year's Nobel Prize For Literature list, from DeLillo to Bob Dylan, the ...

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The Art of Seduction: Through the Eyes of an Artist -- Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam

Angella Nazarian | Posted 09.20.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Moshkin Ghalam, Iranian, Actor, Dancer, Theater, Comedy, Shakespeare, Adonis, Broad Threater, Comédie-Française, Venus, Los Angeles News
Angella Nazarian

There was no way of pegging his style. With classical Persian music sounding in the background, he performed elements of flamenco, Persian, Indonesian, martial arts, Indian Kathakali dance.

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The 17 Most Important Poetry Books Of Fall 2010

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Slidepollajax, Irish Poetry, Caribbean Literature, American Poetry, Wislawa Szymborska, Book Publishing, Seamus Heaney, Small Presses, Adonis, Experimental Poetry, African American Poetry, African American Literature, Paul Muldoon, Ezra Pound, Postmodern Literature, Modernist Poetry, Books News
Anis Shivani

There's much to be excited about, and these selections give a fair indication of the presses putting out the most important poetry of the day and the degree of vitality of various poetic styles.

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