Wednesday, 15 January , 2025

Civilization

Wind of change: did the CIA write the cold war’s biggest...

Scorpions’ power ballad was the sound of the iron curtain’s fall – but a new podcast explores rumours that it was propaganda By Stevie Chick Fri 15...

Attacking the Classic Civilization, Entering the new Dark Ages

Parthenon Marbles “not particularly inspiring… return them to Greece,” says ex Museum trustee February 18, 2021 “Return the Elgin Marbles to Greece,'” they are not inspiration...

Decadence, anti-Humanism, mediocrity: The inverse idol of White Racism

Aristotle and Plato must go. After targeting statues, race activists now aim to topple the ancient founders of Western thought By Alexander Adams 10 Feb, 2021 An...

War (on) of Civilizations: From Hagia Sophia to Al-Ahmer Mosque

Hypocrisy Exposed : There was deafening silence when Israel converted historical Al-Ahmar Mosque into a bar July 13, 2020 There is a worldwide condemnation over Turkey’s...

Erdogan’s conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque and the danger...

By Ulaş Ateşci and Alex Lantier 15 July 2020 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s decree Friday turning the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a working...

Acropolis and the British “cultural” piracy

Did England commit fraud to keep the Parthenon Sculptures? 2/27/2020 For the last two centuries, the British Museum in London has claimed ownership of the...

Rise in flat-Earthers should be roundly celebrated as good for science...

By Simon Chandler, a London-based journalist focusing on politics and technology 17 Nov, 2019 Belief in a flat Earth is becoming fashionable. Scientists and other guardians of common...

Art theft? Iraq demands return of 3,000-yr-old Assyrian artefact up for...

30 Oct, 2018 A 3,000-year-old Assyrian sculpture is expected to sell for more than $10 million at a New York auction, but the forthcoming bidding...

Number of book readers in Turkey rises to 42% over 11...

4.11.2019 The rate of people reading books in Turkey rose from 30% to 42% in the last 11 years, according to a study. The study conducted...

Interrogating the Cultural Production of Mexico

by Brian M. Napoletano Jan 01, 2020 Jennifer Jolly, Creating Pátzcuaro, Creating Mexico: Art, Tourism, and Nation Building under Lázaro Cárdenas (Austin: University of Texas Press,...