| 单词 | B.C. |
| 例句 | Food production also arose in West Africa and Ethiopia, and by around 2500 B.C. cattle herders had already crossed the modern border from Ethiopia into northern Kenya. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The two indisputably independent inventions of writing were achieved by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia somewhat before 3000 B.C. and by Mexican Indians before 600 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Either: the Americas were first settled around 11,000 B.C. and quickly filled up with people. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In Egypt as well, food production began in the sixth millennium B.C. with the arrival of Southwest Asian crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z To appreciate the fallacy, consider a visitor from Outer Space who dropped in on Earth in the year 3000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The curtain parts again in about 1500 B.C., when an archipelago of villages, the largest known as Poverty Point, grew up in the northeast corner of Louisiana. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There is no evidence of any new technology or introduction reaching Australia from Indonesia, after Australia’s initial colonization 40,000 years ago, until the dingo appeared around 1500 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This conversation took place in the last part of the fifth century B.C. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He reported that when the Persian emperor Darius I invaded India around 510 B.C., his men found a sweet reed that produced honey. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z In the eighth century B.C. the Greeks became the first people to indicate all vowels systematically by the same types of letters used for consonants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z By the same token, the modern Korean language may be a poor model for the ancient Yayoi language of Korean immigrants in 400 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The necessary methods, implements, and facilities appeared rapidly in the Fertile Crescent after 11,000 B.C., having been invented for dealing with the newly available abundance of wild cereals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The transformation of warfare by horses began with their domestication around 4000 B.C., in the steppes north of the Black Sea. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z From the time of its creation in the third century B.C. until its destruction seven centuries later, it was the brain and heart of the ancient world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It began in the Near East sometime about 8000 B.C., with the first successful attempts to domesticate animals and food grains. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A superb Chinese tradition of bronze metallurgy had its origins in the third millennium B.C. and eventually resulted in China’s developing by far the earliest cast-iron production in the world, around 500 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As for Chinese writing, first attested around 1300 B.C. but with possible earlier precursors, it too has unique local signs and some unique principles, and most scholars assume that it evolved independently. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “In the fourth century B.C., the sailing of the entire Attic fleet was delayed just because a soldier sneezed.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Even a visitor to the Fertile Crescent in 9500 B.C. rather than in 8500 B.C. could have been misled into supposing the Fertile Crescent permanently unsuitable for food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The spaceling would have observed no food production in the eastern United States, because food production did not begin there until around 2500 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The term is misleading, since these mounds vary greatly in shape and purpose as well as in date, ranging from about 2000 B.C. to the time of the Europeans’ arrival. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It shifted farther west with Rome’s conquest of Greece in the second century B.C., and after the fall of the Roman Empire it eventually moved again, to western and northern Europe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The earliest farming communities there in the seventh millennium B.C. utilized wheat, barley, and other crops that had been previously domesticated in the Fertile Crescent and that evidently spread to the Indus Valley through Iran. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z St. Augustine accepted a date of about 5000 B.C. for the Creation of the universe according to the book of Genesis. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For instance, around 3000 B.C. the hunter-gatherers of southern Sweden adopted farming based on Southwest Asian crops, but abandoned it around 2700 B.C. and reverted to hunting-gathering for 400 years before resuming farming. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As far back as 3500 B.C., the Sumerians, the original inhabitants of this area, mastered irrigation and flood control to create a fertile oasis amid the sandy plains of what is now Iraq. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z By 3000 B.C. they were being domesticated in lands of the eastern Mediterranean. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For instance, the earliest known cultivated emmer wheat comes from the Fertile Crescent around 8500 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Fortified towns emerged in the third millennium B.C., with cemeteries whose great variation between unadorned and luxuriously furnished graves bespeaks emerging class differences. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For historians of technology, the Phaistos disk is even more baffling; its estimated date of 1700 B.C. makes it by far the earliest printed document in the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Britain, home of my ancestor Billington, was empty until about 12,500 B.C., because it was still covered by glaciers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As unobjectionable a date as any is 1000 B.C.—at any rate for the Iliad, the older of the two poems. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The archaeological evidence discussed below suggests that chiefdoms arose by around 5500 B.C. in the Fertile Crescent and by around 1000 B.C. in Mesoamerica and the Andes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z All three of China’s first three dynasties, the Xia and Shang and Zhou Dynasties, arose in North China in the second millennium B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Pottery, recorded in the Sudan and Sahara around 8000 B.C., did not reach the Cape until around A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z All three of these elements also spread rapidly through central Europe in the centuries before 5000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z However, even those barriers between China and western Eurasia were at least partly overcome during the second millennium B.C., when West Asian wheat, barley, and horses reached China. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The origins of ironworking in sub-Saharan Africa soon after 1000 B.C. are still unclear. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Why did people of the Fertile Crescent wait until 8500 B.C., instead of becoming food producers around 18,500 or 28,500 B.C.? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A clear example is the wheel, which is first attested around 3400 B.C. near the Black Sea, and then turns up within the next few centuries over much of Europe and Asia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Even for valuable crops, the times of domestication vary greatly: for instance, peas were domesticated by 8000 B.C., olives around 4000 B.C., strawberries not until the Middle Ages, and pecans not until 1846. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Already by 8000 B.C. wild almonds show up in excavated archaeological sites in Greece. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z His error was understandable, because all the societies with which he would have been acquainted—Greek societies of the fourth century B.C.—were states. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Because rising sea levels continually flooded the shore, marshy Cape Cod did not fully lock into its contemporary configuration until about 1000 B.C. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He lived around 600 B.C. and is said as a boy when looking for a lost sheep to have been overcome by a slumber which lasted for fifty-seven years. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Tentatively, therefore, archaeologists assign the invention of zero to sometime before 32 B.C., centuries ahead of its invention in India. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But in the sixth century B.C., in Ionia, a new concept developed, one of the great ideas of the human species. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z However, the archaeological literature can be confusing in this respect, because many books and papers report uncalibrated dates as B.C. and fail to mention that they are actually uncalibrated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s true, of course, that some small mammals were first domesticated long after 2500 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As I explained in Chapter 1, the New World was initially colonized around or before 11,000 B.C. by way of Alaska, the Bering Strait, and Siberia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was in Alexandria, during the six hundred years beginning around 300 B.C., that human beings, in an important sense, began the intellectual adventure that has led us to the shores of space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The history of Egypt is divided into dynasties of rulers, in accordance with ancient Egyptian practice, beginning with the First Dynasty shortly after 3000 B.C. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, the Tasmanian archaeological record documents the disappearance of fishing, and of awls, needles, and other bone tools, around 1500 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z My other example of how ancient peoples apparently used their ethnobiological knowledge to good effect comes from the Jordan Valley in the ninth millennium B.C., the period of the earliest crop cultivation there. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Most popular in Japan is the view that the Japanese gradually evolved from ancient Ice Age people who occupied Japan long before 20,000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Using glottochronology he estimated that the ancestors of Aleuts had crossed the strait around 2000 b.c. and that the ancestors of Na-Dene had made the journey around 7000 B.C. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z According to an ancient Chinese legend, one day in the year 2640 B.C., Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Impulses of hominids dating from 20,000 B.C. were still controlling us. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Starting around 1700 B.C., though, Semites familiar with Egyptian hieroglyphs did begin to experiment with that logical step. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The Tribune argued that the only greater gathering was the massing of Xerxes’ army of over five million souls in the fifth century B.C. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Perhaps “enduring” and “continuous” are better terms for it, although at first glance all Egyptian art between 3000 and 500 B.C. does tend to have a certain sameness. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A historian who had lived at any time between 8500 B.C. and A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Between 600 and 400 B.C., this great revolution in human thought began. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The earliest known Olmec writing, for example, is on a potsherd from Chiapas that dates from about 300 B.C. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Once China was finally unified, in 221 B.C., no other independent state ever had a chance of arising and persisting for long in China. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The most productive areas of modern China were politically joined for the first time in 221 B.C. and have remained so for most of the time since then. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It turns out that the eastern U.S. founder crops were four plants domesticated in the period 2500-1500 B.C., a full 6,000 years after wheat and barley domestication in the Fertile Crescent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In fact, most people of the time still believed in “spontaneous generation,” a theory put forth by the philosopher Aristotle in 330 B.C., almost two thousand years before Maria’s time. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The solutions that Sumerians invented before 3000 B.C. were reinvented, halfway around the world, by early Mesoamerican Indians before 600 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But it turns out that the actual reasons behind the more rapid development of Eurasian societies were not at all the straightforward ones that our imaginary archaeologist of 11,000 B.C. guessed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When writing finally returned to Greece, in the eighth century B.C., the new Greek writing, its users, and its uses were very different. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In the last centuries before 3000 B.C., developments in accounting technology, format, and signs rapidly led to the first system of writing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z His date has been differently set all the way from the first century B.C. to the ninth century A.D. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Evidence for all of these techniques becomes abundant at sites of hunter-gatherers in the Fertile Crescent after 11,000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For example, hunter-gatherers in parts of southeastern Europe had quickly adopted Southwest Asian cereal crops, pulse crops, and livestock simultaneously as a complete package by around 6000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z By the last centuries B.C. the advancing Bantu had reached the East African coast. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Hieroglyphic writing appeared rather suddenly, in nearly full-blown form, around 3000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Between 10,000 and 9000 B.C. the people living there may already have been residing year-round in villages, but they were still hunter-gatherers; crop cultivation began only in the succeeding millennium. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Although Mesopotamia had the wheel in about 4000 B.C., nearby Egypt did not use the wheel until two thousand years later, despite being in close contact. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Why was its printing method invented around 1700 B.C. in Crete and not at some other time in Mesopotamia, Mexico, or any other ancient center of writing? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Alphabets apparently arose only once in human history: among speakers of Semitic languages, in the area from modern Syria to the Sinai, during the second millennium B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Korean languages may have been even more diverse in 400 B.C., before political unification had reached the stage of three kingdoms. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He is not a mythological character, but a poet who lived about 550 B.C. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z To fill the gap between 660 B.C. and the earliest historically documented Japanese monarchs, the chronicles invented 13 other, equally fictitious emperors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The hand of history’s course at 8000 B.C. lies heavily on us. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The settlement of the world’s remaining islands was not completed until modern times: Mediterranean islands such as Crete, Cyprus, Corsica, and Sardinia between about 8500 and 4000 B.C.; Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The land bridge was flooded and became a strait again most recently when sea level rose after around 14,000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z States organized by or modeled on that Zhou Dynasty of North China spread to South China during the first millennium B.C., culminating in China’s political unification under the Qin Dynasty in 221 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was already unified politically in 221 B.C. and has remained so for most of the centuries since then. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For most of the 1,800 years between Aristarchus and Copernicus nobody knew the correct disposition of the planets, even though it had been laid out perfectly clearly around 280 B.C. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I suspect that the Korean language that was carried to Japan in 400 B.C., and that evolved into modern Japanese, was quite different from the Silla language that evolved into modern Korean. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z After the rise of Fertile Crescent states in the fourth millennium B.C., the center of power initially remained in the Fertile Crescent, rotating between empires such as those of Babylon, the Hittites, Assyria, and Persia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z First, could it have taken a long time after 11,000 B.C. for the Americas to fill up with people? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Whether those early Siberians walked or pad-died to Alaska, the earliest secure evidence of human presence in Alaska dates from around 12,000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I asked Haas and Creamer where a race of alien visitors in, say, 3000 B.C. would have landed if they were searching for earth’s most sophisticated society. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z To understand the answer to this paradox, we have to remember that, until 400 B.C., the frontier of Tsushima Strait separated not rich farmers from poor hunter-gatherers but poor farmers from rich hunter-gatherers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For those extinct American mammals whose bones are available in greatest abundance and have been dated especially accurately, one can pinpoint the extinctions as having occurred around 11,000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Our archaeological knowledge of China’s emerging cities and states then becomes supplemented by written accounts of China’s first dynasties, going back to the Xia Dynasty, which arose around 2000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The first recorded experiment on air was performed by a physician' named Empedocles, who flourished around 450 B.C. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, copper smelting had been going on in the West African Sahara and Sahel since at least 2000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In the fourth millennium B.C. those local cultures expanded geographically and began to interact, compete with each other, and coalesce. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This was in fact the method used by a Greek astronomer, Hipparchus of Nicaea, in 150 B.C. to work out the Moon’s distance from Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z For instance, with the fall of Mycenaean Greek civilization, around 1200 B.C., Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There are two great identical snakes on a Levantine libation vase of around 2000 B.C., coiled around each other in a double helix, representing the original generation of life. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, Egypt by 3000 B.C. was undoubtedly the site of Africa’s most complex society, and one of the world’s earliest centers of writing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The Old Kingdom forms the first major division after that, ending about 2155 B.C. with the overthrow of the Sixth Dynasty. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Korea and Japan adopted rice from China in the second millennium B.C., bronze metallurgy by the first millennium B.C., and writing in the first millennium A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A next stage of crop development included the first fruit and nut trees, domesticated around 4000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z With the Greek conquest of all advanced societies from Greece east to India under Alexander the Great in the late fourth century B.C., power finally made its first shift irrevocably westward. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Writing is preserved from the second millennium B.C. but probably arose earlier. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Archaeologists have tentative indications of early domestication in spots from Illinois to Alabama by iooo B.C. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Thus the mercantile tradition contributed to the great Ionian awakening around 600 B.C., and, through slavery, may have been the cause of its decline some two centuries later. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Suppose that a time machine could have transported an archaeologist back in time, for a world tour at around 11,000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They lay on the far side of a great divide in time, as significant as B.C. and A.D. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Up to this time, the oldest reliable dates went back no further than the First Dynasty in Egypt from about 3000 B.C. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z How long it held the stage we do not know, but the next account we have, centuries later, written by Aeschylus about 450 B.C., is very different. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Taken together, these four factors help us understand why the transition to food production in the Fertile Crescent began around 8500 B.C., not around 18,500 or 28,500 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z By soon after 1000 B.C. the Bantu had emerged from the eastern side of the forest into the more open country of East Africa’s Rift Valley and Great Lakes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Champollion, who was fluent in ancient Greek, read that the stone had been inscribed to commemorate the coronation of Ptolemy V Epiphanes, in the spring of the year 196 B.C. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That demographic shift of the last 500 years—the most massive shift on any continent except Australia—has its ultimate roots in developments between about 11,000 B.C. and A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As early as 5000 B.C., colossal architecture of massive, upright stones appeared. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z The first whisper of zero in the Middle East occurred about 600 B.C. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Furthermore, only about one-third of its area falls within the sub-Saharan zone north of the equator that was occupied by farmers and herders before 1000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Native Americans, possibly ancestral to the modern Inuit, spread throughout the High Arctic around 2000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For the same reason, we can be sure that the Linear B syllabary of Mycenaean Greece had been adapted by around 1400 B.C. from the Linear A syllabary of Minoan Crete. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He will appear alongside his art twin, a sculpture of an unidentified man from the third century B.C. Meet Your Art Twin: A 400-Year-Old With an Oily Complexion 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Qin, who died in 210 B.C., created China’s first unitary state by conquering rival kingdoms. Terra Cotta Warriors To Get a Show and a Theater 2013-08-29T20:00:57Z SAT Environmental art exhibition, three-mile sculpture trail to 18 installations by artists from around Puget Sound, Oregon and Vancouver, B.C.; opening reception 2-5 p.m. Community calendar 2012-06-21T01:23:04Z Central American ceramics from 1000 B.C. to the present are on view. At museums this fall: Art and science, civilization and extinction We took our bikes aboard the Washington State Ferries to Sidney, B.C., where we merged onto the trail for an 18-mile ride to Victoria and two nights away. Bike to Victoria, B.C.? On this beginner-friendly trail, you can skip the Clipper and leave the car at home. 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Several of these are sixth century B.C., suggesting that he was the chief precursor of the various godlike men whom the fifth century rendered more classically harmonious. The Body Beautiful: The Classical Ideal in Ancient Greek Art 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Found in northern Nigeria, these sculptures date as far back as 800 B.C. African Art Is Under Threat in Djenne-Djenno 2012-08-02T12:00:00Z Perhaps exhausted by all the one-man tragedies he had been enduring, Aeschylus decided it was time for some innovation and added a second actor to the mix in 471 B.C. Two-Character Plays Are Highlights of Theater Season 2010-05-08T02:40:00Z I knew that a young Plato had competed as a wrestler at the Isthmian Games in the early fifth century B.C. An Olympic Odyssey: Where the Games Began 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z The Sarcophagus, dating to the 6th century B.C., was discovered in 1881 in a necropolis in Cerveteri, a former Etruscan settlement near Rome. 2,500-year-old terracotta gets Valentine Day’s love in Italy 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Italian researchers reveal coded language embedded in Greek pottery from around 470 B.C. With New Triennial, Cleveland Hopes to Become the Next Venice 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z From around 540 B.C. comes the image of a young equestrian with chic spit curls and a strenuously confident, for-public-consumption grin. Review: ‘A World of Emotions’ in Greek Art Unmasks the Stony Faces 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Executed toward the end of the third century B.C., or at the very beginning of the second century, the bronze ring once adorned the stone door of a funerary cache. A Gathering of Treasures 2010-09-17T18:00:00Z But sometime between 1500 and 500 B.C., it became a staple food among the Vedic Aryans, pastoral people who raised buffalos and cows, said Pushpesh Pant, a historian and the author of “India: The Cookbook.” For South Asian Cooks, Yogurt Starter Is an Heirloom 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Egyptians began mummifying their dead around 3,500 B.C., preparing them much more extravagantly than the Peruvians did and using an early form of embalming. Unraveling the Mystery of Who Lies Beneath the Cloth 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z The film also glosses over some of the distinctions between the library and museum of Alexandria, founded in the third century B.C., and what befell them afterward. Film: Hypatia: Martyr to Christian Zealots 2010-05-22T07:01:00Z Sicilian cuisine, like its history, is characterized by long centuries of foreign dominations, starting with Corinthian colonists who arrived from Greece in 734 B.C. and planted hazelnuts, vineyards and olive trees. Why do I cook like a Sicilian? 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The Dying Gaul is a copy of a lost Greek original from the 3rd century B.C., probably made to commemorate Greece’s victory over invading Gallic tribes at the time. The National Gallery of Art Unveils the Dying Gaul, a Roman Masterpiece 2013-12-11T05:00:00Z Dunham began by making her own detailed signet, a seal used as a signature in Mesopotamia as early as 3500 B.C. The Jewelry Designer Who Collects Other People’s Stories 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z But there are moments where history splits — like how A.D. and B.C. split in the middle.” The Would-Be Prince of Port-au-Prince 2011-07-17T04:45:24Z Talents from Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., return to the OtB stage. On the Boards' new season promises a rich mix 2010-05-03T20:34:00Z Here, we have the remains of the Servian Wall, from the fourth century B.C., competing for space with a brand-new McDonald’s: modern Rome, with all of its contradictions. Read Your Way Through Rome 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z My boyfriend, some friends and I were going to Victoria, B.C. for a few days in February. Bad Travelers: A harrowing crossing on the Victoria Clipper 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z The “Odyssey” was composed around the end of the 8th century B.C., close to a century before Greek city-states began to develop the first form of democracy. Looking at Epic Poetry Through 21st-Century Eyes 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z According to experts, the pieces date to between the 6th and 3rd centuries B.C. Nearly 800 illegally exported antiquities returned to Italy 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Excavated by a Metropolitan Museum team around 1911-12, it is believed to date from 2000 B.C., give or take 20 years. Exhibition Review: Finding Ancient Egypt's Sense of Humor 2011-05-20T18:30:05Z Moreover, Hughes also establishes just how deep the Greek roots of the settlement called Byzantion went, and how heterogenous the Hellenic frontier town of the seventh century B.C. probably was. A City Where East Meets West and the Past Is Always Present 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z In the years following, references to H.B.C.U.s became more common, showing up in the settings of films and television shows as well as on the wardrobes of characters. H.B.C.U.s Have a Spirit All Their Own. Pop Culture Is Paying Attention. 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z A culture ministry official said the stolen antiquities–which included small objects made of bronze and pottery, including figurines, vases and lamps–dated from the 9th to the 4th centuries B.C. ArtsBeat: Gunmen Steal Dozens of Antiquities in Greece's Second Big Museum Theft This Year 2012-02-17T20:41:48Z Of the copies that exist, the one in Minneapolis, thought to have been created between 27 B.C. and A.D. Italy Says Ancient Statue in U.S. Museum Was Stolen, Not Lost at Sea 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, the selection of works, all from the museum’s collection and dating from the first millennium B.C. to 1990, includes pieces of exceptional beauty. Art Review: A Life-Affirming Female Force, Ready to Rumble 2011-07-07T21:58:23Z One morning we and about a dozen Italian tourists followed an Italian-only-speaking guide down a dark corridor below the church to the catacombs, which originated as a Phoenician necropolis in the sixth century B.C. Explorer: The Island of Sant?Antioco, off Sardinia, Italy 2010-03-26T07:58:00Z A box from the 19th century B.C. that belonged to an Egyptian pharaoh’s cupbearer, for example, is neatly outfitted with ointment jars and a mirror, attesting to the owner’s sense of pride. "Metropolitan Vanities" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art : Architectural Digest 2013-12-20T05:00:00Z A glider — flying among the peaks near Whistler, B.C. — is computer-generated, painted in over real images of the landscape. 'Legends of Flight': Documentary on Boeing's 787 Dreamliner soars 2010-06-17T20:18:00Z The earliest evidence of Etruscan civilization dates from roughly 900 B.C. A case for D.H. Lawrence as a father of modern travel writing 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z You also had other performances that spoke to political ideas, like “This Is America” or Beyoncé’s H.B.C.U.-themed Coachella performance. Kavanaugh, Kanye, Beyoncé, ‘Black Panther’: Washington on Pop Culture in 2018 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z My parents are Canadian, and we moved back to Vancouver, B.C., when I was in the fourth grade. Behind the Byline: Meet arts critic Moira Macdonald 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z They include a statue of the Sphinx dating back to the 6th century B.C., East meets West as Louvre Abu Dhabi opens in the Gulf 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z The paintings vary in origin from 1,500 to 7,500 B.C., he said. From Loreto, 3 day-trip adventures in Baja’s high desert 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z An earlier version of this article misstated the time period that the Bay of Naples first caught the attention of the Greeks; it was the eighth century B.C., not the first century B.C. Favorite Place: Seduced by Naples 2013-12-18T20:18:52Z They are the latest in a very long line of foreign invaders: the Phoenicians came in around 8th century B.C., followed by Roman legions, marauding Vandals, Moors, Ottoman Turks and others. In Spain, finding peace — and paella — on Mallorca 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The pieces — which include Roman and Etruscan sarcophagi, bronze objects, stone sculptures of animals and hundreds of painted terracotta fragments from a sixth-century B.C. temple in Cerveteri – were presented at a news conference Tuesday. Hundreds of Looted Ancient Artifacts Are Returned to Italy 1463-01-28T05:00:00Z And Mr. Hawass said he believed that displaying the chariot — and turning the exhibition into the ultimate B.C. car show — would guarantee a packed house through the fall and winter. King Tut?s Chariot Arrives in Times Square 2010-08-02T22:41:00Z Today, students arrive at H.B.C.U.s having been educated in K-12 schools that have similar levels of segregation to schools before 1954, when Brown v. Welcome to Homecoming! 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Assyrian texts mention the Arabs as early as the eighth century B.C. and monumental bas-reliefs depict the Assyrians on horseback triumphantly attacking their nomadic foes riding camels. Review: 'Routes of Arabia'' Exhibition at Louvre Is Startling 2010-07-23T11:56:00Z Research and writing leading to publication of a book on the “Sacred Band,” a special infantry unit of the city of Thebes from 379-338 B.C., in the context of ancient Greek history, politics and philosophy. These books are brought to you with the help of Uncle Sam. 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Celts planted the first grapevines here sometime around the fifth century B.C., and the Romans, whose soldiers reputedly preferred to be paid in wine, cultivated the region’s earliest vineyards. Journeys: Austrian Vineyards Are All in the Family 2010-10-13T15:14:00Z An imposing basalt sarcophagus from about 600 B.C. gets pride of place in one gallery of the J. Paul Getty Museum’s illuminating new exhibition... ‘Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World’ Review: A Cross-Cultural Journey Begins 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z From his secluded studio near the U.S.-Canada border outside White Rock, B.C., In making art, Haida culture is revived 2013-11-25T23:26:01Z Little remains standing of Narbonne’s Roman past, but it’s worth exploring the Horreum, underground galleries that probably served as a food warehouse in the 1st century B.C. In France, Narbonne takes a turn in the international spotlight 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z About halfway through “Tao,” the vocal quartet — here the excellent Synergy Vocals — enters, singing an excerpt from the sixth century B.C. Review: With ‘Tao,’ Philharmonic Dives Deeper Into Andriessen 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Viewers discover that images of humans lost in their private thoughts and beset by anxiety already appeared in Egypt by the mid-third millennium B.C. Exhibition Review: Finding Ancient Egypt's Sense of Humor 2011-05-20T18:30:05Z First up, the nuptials in scenic Banff, B.C., surrounded by their children from previous marriages. With travel options limited, some are swapping vacations for big-ticket toys 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z To make the refined sugar that is so familiar to Canadians today, B.C. Uncovering the violent history of the Canadian sugar industry 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The Vancouver, B.C., artist studied in Aix-en-Provence, France, and “returns often to recapture the life, light and spirit of Provence,” according to the gallery. Arts and entertainment highlights for the week of Jan. 13 2013-01-09T22:58:41Z The data represented begin in 1000 B.C. and run into a speculative future ending in 2400, echoing some of the exhibition’s overall aims. The End Is Nigh. Can Design Save Us? 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Eventually, the portrayal of Black college life moved beyond brand representation and settings, exploring H.B.C.U.-specific cultural traditions, similar to “A Different World” and “School Daze.” H.B.C.U.s Have a Spirit All Their Own. Pop Culture Is Paying Attention. 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z They’re meant to reproduce the wall paintings from a Roman villa at Boscoreale, near Pompeii, from the first century B.C., some of which now reside in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Loving Art to the Moon and Back 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z “Oedipus Rex,” by Sophocles, first performed 429 B.C., premiered at Theater of Dionysus, Athens. Deborah Levy Would Like to Drink With Virginia Woolf 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z This selection of 400 Nubian works dates from 2400 B.C. to A.D. Exhibitions to Fill an Art Lover’s Fall Calendar 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z His hairdo is that of the Parthians who ruled the Iranian world from the late third century B.C. to the early third century A.D. Art Review: Murky Exploration of an Iranian Past 2011-05-27T12:00:04Z Punctuation was developed in the 3rd century B.C. to visually separate sentences and improve comprehension. How Black writers and journalists have wielded punctuation in their activism 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z The red carpet traces its origins back to 458 B.C., when it appeared in the Aeschylus play “Agamemnon.” Hey, That Red Carpet Isn’t Red! 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z In the first, the Athenians eventually demolished Persian King Darius the Great’s mighty army at the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. Review | Best audiobooks to listen to now 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z The most recent Princeton acquisition identified by the prosecutor appears to be a sixth-century B.C. Italy Focuses Investigation on Princeton Art Curator 2010-06-02T22:01:00Z During the 4th century B.C., a Macedonian prince read Xenophon’s “Cyropaedia”— meaning “The Education of Cyrus”— and was inspired to model his own martial ambitions after those of the great Central Asian warrior. Review | We may not be able to leave the house, but these transporting books whisk us to Central Asia 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z OK, so Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen are doing Seattle flyovers in favor of playing Vancouver, B.C. and, in Springsteen's case, Portland, too. Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney fly over Seattle 2012-11-21T22:37:04Z One of its earliest appearances is in works such as the plays of second-century B.C. writer Plautus. From Biden’s giant Bible to Christian flags waved by rioters, "religion" means many different things 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z Lutheran Church of the Cross, Victoria, B.C., shows a sign reading 'Thanks to frontline workers. Christians, forced online for Easter, prepare to share the gospel without sharing the virus 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z It was classic B.C. terrain, the kind of strange, wonderful, steep, snow-smothered stuff this province does best. Next Stop: In British Columbia, Little Big Resort 2013-12-19T19:58:31Z There is evidence that religious ascetics were wandering North India as early as the fifth century B.C., practicing meditation and breath control in pursuit of mind-over-matter transcendence. Art Review: ‘Yoga: The Art of Transformation’ at Sackler Gallery 2014-01-02T22:01:19Z In 2011, she made her first trip to Georgia, where traces of wine residue have been found dating back to 6000 B.C. A Fierce Toast From Alice Feiring’s Drinking Horn 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z It was recently on view at the Villa, labeled “Greek, about 530 B.C. or modern forgery.” Five Must-See Artworks at the Renovated Getty Villa 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z By contrast, the grinning features on a cotton funerary mask, woven and painted in Peru around 200 B.C. and designed to be attached to a mummy, are almost abstract, almost sweet. Art Review: ‘Life, Death and Transformation,’ at Brooklyn Museum 2013-01-17T23:01:56Z His four-volume account of the Peloponnesian War, from 431 B.C. to 404 B.C., was hailed by the critic George Steiner as “the foremost work of history produced in North America in the 20th century.” Donald Kagan, Leading Historian of Ancient Greece, Dies at 89 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z The figure of King Khafre, who reigned from 2576-2551 B.C. and built the Great Sphinx and the second largest pyramid at Giza, presides at the entrance: a statue of seemingly glowing calcite alabaster. 'Tutankhamun' in Seattle: artifacts both dazzling and humble 2012-05-25T05:42:18Z It’s the final weekend of the season for the Richmond Summer Night Market, the open-air extravaganza of Asian food, games and shopping in the Vancouver, B.C., suburb of Richmond. 3 getaways for this weekend, from Long Beach kites to B.C. market 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z It is also the site of the 250-acre palace complex built by Darius the Great in the fifth century B.C. Persian Collections at Louvre Are Worth the Journey 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z In “Prometheus Bound,” written in the fifth century B.C., we are told that Themiscyra is the home of the Amazons, “who loathe all men.” Top Ten Things About Wonder Woman 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z By the fifth millennium B.C., the Sumerians mined silver to create ornaments, jewelry and money. Tiffany?s Rubedo Line Stirs Debate Over Meaning of Metal 2012-04-04T22:23:49Z New in paperback: The debut novel by the Seattle author of "The Year of Yes: A Memoir" is a paranormal thriller/love story set in 30 B.C. Local Books: Two new poetry volumes, the Rock Doc and Cleopatra as a vampire 2012-04-30T21:26:07Z One of the strangest and most haunting objects in 21st-century Istanbul is the twisted bronze monument called the Serpent Column, a fifth-century B.C. monument to the Greeks’ victory over the Persians. A City Where East Meets West and the Past Is Always Present 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z And this show includes both actual Minoan artifacts, such as a frowzy female figurine dating to 1600-1450 B.C., lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and forgeries Evans acquired on the site. Remaking Ancient Greece, With Paints or Pixels 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Both sculptures, which were carved in the second century B.C., will be moved to new homes beginning Aug. 1. Two Old Visitors to the Metropolitan Museum Will Stay a While 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z “We’re articulate and argumentative,” said Mr. Das, who is currently editing a 15-volume history of trade in India from 300 B.C. to the present, to be published by Penguin India. ArtsBeat: Indian Fiction Rising 2011-07-06T13:53:24Z Egypt, increasingly nervous about this neighbor, conquered a large swath of it in 1500 B.C. Art Review: Partnerships and Power Shifts Between Two Mighty Lands 2011-03-24T22:13:08Z This international loan exhibition brings many of them – and related Qin dynasty objects, from the same third-century B.C. funerary pit – to the United States for the first time. From 12th Century B.C. to 2017, Art in Startling Variety 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The , set in 539 B.C., is based on the Old Testament account of Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, in his ultimately successful battle with Belshazzar, the ruler of Babylon. Music Review: ‘Ciro in Babilonia’ by Rossini, in Bel Canto at Caramoor 2012-07-08T21:08:06Z The earliest known Hebrew biblical manuscripts are the Dead Sea Scrolls, which date from the third century B.C. to the first century A.D. Oldest Nearly Complete Hebrew Bible Heads to Auction 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Initially settled by the Romans in 15 B.C., the Trentino-Sudtirol is made up of two self-governing provinces that are among the wealthiest in Italy. No snow required: Exploring Italy’s Dolomites during the offseason 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z She gestured to two terra-cotta Sicilian busts dating to the fourth century B.C. Burning Calories at the Met 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z He based the story on “Anabasis,” written by the Greek soldier Xenophon, who helped lead the retreat of 10,000 Greek soldiers after their failed conquest of Persia about 400 B.C. Sol Yurick, Novelist, Dies at 87 2013-01-09T15:49:27Z Thus, construction frustrations and budgetary grumbles will be ancient history when the world marches in to B.C. 2010-02-03T21:30:00Z It brings together work made between 100 B.C. and A.D. 18 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z The story, set in Rome in 509 B.C., tells of the occupying Etruscan prince Tarquinius, a tyrannical and licentious ruler, who is leading Rome in its war against the Greeks. Review: In Britten’s ‘The Rape of Lucretia,’ a Savage Act With Resonance Today 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z But Thornton said the Spanish stopped making bronze weapons and tools around 600 B.C. and bronze artifacts are still being found near tributaries of the Altamaha River. Author: Fort Caroline was likely in Georgia 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z The first half of the show continues with sculptures of pharaohs, priests and dignitaries, leading up to and beyond Tutankhmun's brief reign, which began in 1333 B.C. 'Tutankhamun' in Seattle: artifacts both dazzling and humble 2012-05-25T05:42:18Z It began as a circular earthwork, created about 3000 B.C.; its major stone circle with enormous pillars topped by lintels, dates to about 2500 B.C. Stonehenge at Dawn, Inside the Circle 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z There’s evidence of farming at Palenque as far back as 100 B.C., but the Maya Classic period, when the civilization flourished, was between about A.D. 200 and 900. Mexico’s mysterious Mayan ruins at Palenque, now accessible from the air Archery, on the other hand, has been a Chinese pursuit since before 1,000 B.C. Next Time You're in ... Hong Kong 2010-04-29T14:25:00Z In the post-Civil Rights era, there have been questions about the continued necessity of H.B.C.U.s: Now that students can go anywhere, are racially segregated colleges still necessary? Welcome to Homecoming! 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z “Such things neither are, nor can be, nor have been,” he writes, quoting the 1st century B.C. military engineer Vitruvius. Perspective | Burrowing deep into many rabbit holes of Mark E. Smith and the Fall 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z But now, said Mr. Packer, H.B.C.U.s are “part of the conversation in a very different way,” enjoying a prominence they have never had. H.B.C.U.s Have a Spirit All Their Own. Pop Culture Is Paying Attention. 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z The route: Sweet and simple: Take Interstate 5 north to B.C. 4 British Columbia road trips to consider while the US-Canada border is open 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z And if you think the Yeti is bad, wait until you meet the uncouth, hairy, B.C. natives. British Columbia’s Powder Highway 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Vines were first planted in the region by the Greeks around 600 B.C. A wine lover’s trifecta: The right maker, a singular grape, a good price 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z They date to 1200 B.C., and under Mexican law the items belong to the government. Antiquities Dealer Leonardo Patterson Faces New Criminal Charges 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z The original belongs to a full-length first-century B.C. bronze statuette of a chubby kid wearing tight pants and a pointy hat. The Eyes Have It in Hew Locke’s Power-Challenging Show 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z She ascended the throne around 1478 B.C. as regent for a toddler-age nephew, declared herself king and ruled, effectively solo, for more than 20 productive years. Got an Hour? See the Met These 4 Ways 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Its two dozen items range across several cultures and centuries, including Chinese textile fragments from the fourth century B.C., Delving Into the History and Beauty of Textiles at the Met 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The range from 200 or 300 B.C. to 2000 A.D. created a stunning panorama of ideas.” Frieze Art Fair in London Adds Masters Show 2012-10-12T23:01:59Z Seattle was the second show of the band’s “‘The Joshua Tree’ 2017” tour, which started Friday in Vancouver, B.C., but it was the first U.S. U2 at CenturyLink: Political, passionate, larger than life 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z He identified a page of the Ben Sira or Ecclesiasticus, a compilation of proverbs from the early 2nd century B.C. 'Sacred Trash': the ancient records of Jewish life in a Cairo synagogue 2011-03-30T22:33:11Z Nobody knows who first built the towering castle-city, but it was already famous when Alexander the Great added it to his empire in 331 B.C. A Facelift for an Ancient Kurdish Citadel 2010-07-29T07:50:00Z There’s Raquel Welch’s “One Million Years B.C.,” and Buster Keaton’s “Three Ages,” the first film he wrote, starred in, produced and directed. The Carpetbagger: ‘The Croods’ Team Can at Least Count on 2 Votes 2014-02-14T19:30:53Z His first opera, “Ashoka’s Dream,” was based on the life of an emperor of India in the third century B.C. who renounced violence after converting to Buddhism. Peter Lieberson, Composer Inspired by Buddhism, Dies at 64 2011-04-23T23:48:51Z Will we spend another few decades envying the strollers along Vancouver B.C.’s picturesque English Bay or Portland’s lively Riverwalk? The push to see Seattle waterfront transformed 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z The show includes a plaque dated from 1800 B.C. that contains signs that seem to be inspired by Egyptian hieroglyphics but that are actually the earliest letters of an alphabetic script representing Semitic languages. Hunting for the Dawn of Writing, When Prehistory Became History 2010-10-19T21:55:00Z Greek theatergoers at the City Dionysia competition in 431 B.C. were equally outraged. Analysis | Why are there so many stories about parents killing kids? A new movie treats it as comedy. 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The “shortest flight” claim is based on the 12-minute flying time between Friday Harbor’s airport and Victoria International Airport, which is actually 15.5 miles north of Victoria, in Sidney, B.C. ‘Shortest North American flight’ begins Feb. 2 linking Friday Harbor, Victoria 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z The exhibition begins with a piece of cloth dating to 300 B.C., its red tint still visible. An Insect’s Colorful Gift, Treasured by Kings and Artists 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z The poem dates from around 700 B.C., a wild and woolly time, no doubt. Review: ‘A World of Emotions’ in Greek Art Unmasks the Stony Faces 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Conditions were so dire that some workers tragically perished in B.C. Uncovering the violent history of the Canadian sugar industry 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The resulting exhibition, “The Ronald S. Lauder Collection: Selections From the 3rd Century B.C. to the 20th Century/Germany, Austria and France,” is quite a mouthful. Art Review: Ronald S. Lauder Collection at Neue Galerie - Review 2011-11-03T22:11:06Z When they came charging down the mountains into the Rhône River Valley in the first century B.C., how did they ever maneuver their chariots around some of the hairpin curves I was navigating? Le Dauphiné, a French Region With a History Both Ancient and Personal 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Using about 100 objects, this exhibition attempts to answer that question and illustrates how these rulers were depicted, from around 3000 B.C. onward. A Nationwide Guide to Art Exhibitions This Spring 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Seriously, People: We know the B.C. government says it’s sticking to a drop-dead deadline to join the 19th century by 2020. Hey, B.C.: Time to stop loafing on Victoria sewage treatment 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z The Indian Museum in Kolkata has a monumental example: a tall sandstone railing dated around 100 B.C. that once encircled a stupa at Bharhut in central India. A Memory Museum, Courtesy of a Critic-Curator 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Along the way they step inside a chapel from 2400 B.C. and descend into a pharaoh’s crypt. Thursday’s Travel News and Tips 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Malta has unearthed and meticulously reconstructed two elaborate prehistoric limestone temples dating back to 3600 B.C., before Egypt’s pyramids and even Britain’s Stonehenge. Malta, the island nation just below Sicily, is an increasingly popular stopover 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z The book is particularly illuminating in discussing Hannibal’s famous crossing of the Alps in 218 B.C. World War II Seen by a Classicist, and Other New Books About Conflict 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z This is demonstrated by “The Dawn of Egyptian Art,” a sublime, view-shifting exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art dominated foremost by small, startlingly personable sculptures and vessels from around 3900 to 2649 B.C. Art Review: ?The Dawn of Egyptian Art? at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-04-12T22:17:19Z Delicate black vases dating to around the start of the 6th century B.C. are examples of bucchero, a distinctive style of pottery produced by the Etruscans. Like ‘long-lost cousins,’ Indian and Celtic musicians find common notes 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Once there were two eras, B.C. and A.D., says an aging, grieving Indian woman at the start of “I Am Singh,” sitting in a graveyard near ground zero in Manhattan. | 'I Am Singh': ?I Am Singh,? Directed by Puneet Issar - Review 2011-12-03T00:27:23Z He begins in 387 B.C., with the Gauls poised just north of the city, and ends in 1944, as American troops slip in from the south to expel the Nazis. Rome Wasn’t Sacked in a Day 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z “For this I was betrayed?” he bellows, harking back to his entombment in 3,600 B.C. The X-Men Cede to Special Effects As the Franchise Faces an Absurd Apocalypse 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z In China, the historian Cangjie, who lived in the 27th century B.C., is said to have created the characters of the Chinese language. The 5,000-year history of writer’s block 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Resort guests made the best of it and pretended they were vacationing in Victoria, B.C., City Light’s copper heist is pure-grade comedy gold 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The film and sculpture are structured around a creative reading of Norman Mailer’s 1983 novel “Ancient Evenings,” set mostly in 13th century B.C. Matthew Barney’s Most Punishing Tour: ‘River of Fundament’ 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Recent research indicates it was the site of the earliest olive cultivation, too, dating back to 5000 B.C. The Best Olive Oil in the World? This Village Thinks So. 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z A sixth century B.C. kylix, or drinking bowl, from the city of Taranto is adorned with deft images of an octopus and dolphins. A Greco-Roman Tour of Myth and Nature 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z She struggles with survivor’s guilt nestled in Vancouver, B.C., as her siblings languish in Turkish ghettos. Review | After a photo of her nephew’s drowned body went viral, a Syrian woman tells the family’s story 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z An inscription is carefully engraved in Aramaic, the ancient Semitic language that was widespread across the Near East by the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. Review: 'Routes of Arabia'' Exhibition at Louvre Is Startling 2010-07-23T11:56:00Z Its origins dated to the third century B.C., but by A.D. African Art Is Under Threat in Djenne-Djenno 2012-08-02T12:00:00Z While winemaking may be new to Jordanians in the modern era, our tour guide proudly tells us that winemaking in the Holy Land dates to 30 B.C. In Jordan, a wine industry takes root 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Both epics are believed to have been composed between 300 B.C. and A.D. Film: India?s Epic Poems, Resonating in Modern Lives 2010-07-04T05:11:00Z VANCOUVER, B.C. — "The Modern Woman" exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery begins even before you encounter the first work of art. Gems of Paris' Mus?e d'Orsay in Vancouver, B.C. 2010-07-28T21:54:00Z “On Grand Strategy” begins with the Persian king Xerxes ’ invasion of Greece in 480 B.C., an invasion that went spectacularly wrong. ‘On Grand Strategy’ Review: The War Against Decline and Fall 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z The first known sidewalks were laid in central Anatolia around 2000 B.C. — a millennium or two after the invention of the wheel, according to the book “Sidewalks: Conflict and Negotiation over Public Space.” The death of the sidewalk 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z A fourth-century B.C. gold and bronze crown of delicate laurel leaves would look great worn as a necklace with anything black. | The Louvre Less Traveled 2011-09-27T22:00:14Z The story begins with contact between Egypt and Minoans from Crete as early as 3,000 B.C. Review | From the Pharaohs to Cleopatra and Julius Caesar: how Egypt influenced Greece and Rome 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z The small sculpture may date to the first century B.C. and was found in a burial mound in what is now Ohio. Review: ‘The Plains Indians,’ America’s Early Artists, at the Met 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The first known mention is in the 5th century B.C. by the Chinese philosopher Mozi. Staring Into the Soul of the Catskills Through a Pinhole 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z “Oh, my Lord, is this solid gold?” she exclaimed over a Greek arm band shaped like a snake, dated 300 to 250 B.C. Camille Paglia Scowls at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-09-27T22:19:53Z Pasta is one of the oldest processed foods, dating back several thousand years to around 1100 B.C. Agnolotti, bucatini and the innovative new "cascatelli" — a brief history of pasta shapes 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z A bird-shaped pouring vessel, “askos” in Greek, reproduces a type established in Iran as early as the beginning of the second Millennium B.C. Art: Macedonia's Riches Before Alexander 2011-10-21T12:30:08Z More placid is You’re Me, a duo from Vancouver, B.C., whose music is more for the mind than the body. Avant-garde producer Laurel Halo heads hefty Kremwerk bill 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z One Way Ticket to Oregon An elderly Southern belle is diagnosed with terminal cancer in B.C. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Nov. 12-19: Four Larks' 'Undine,' 'Chasing Mem'ries' and more 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z My point is that it might be a mistake to suppose that the director of “10,000 B.C.” — to mention only the most salient example — should be taken as a reliable guide to history. Movie Review: ?Anonymous,? by Roland Emmerich - Review 2011-10-27T15:47:42Z They include a Greco-Roman style sarcophagus, a nesting set of three sarcophagi that dates from about 664 to 552 B.C., and limestone figures. 4 Charged in Smuggling Egyptian Antiquities 2011-07-14T22:22:50Z From as early as the first century B.C., the region was known as a meeting place for artisans and traders, not warlords and insurgents. Lost and Found: Afghan Treasures Reunite at the British Museum 2011-03-27T06:35:00Z It’s the multilayered story of a British Columbia writer who finds the diary of a Japanese teenager washed up on a B.C. beach after the tsunami. 5 author readings of note in Seattle 2014-01-27T14:23:06Z With roots in Central Asia, the plant is believed to have been first used medicinally — or for rituals — around 750 B.C., though there are other estimates too. What Are the Benefits of CBD? 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Dating back to the eighth century B.C., it’s a hauntingly beautiful place, a forested nature park filled with eucalyptus groves and washed by sea tides. In Albania, age-old traditions and Mediterranean beaches on the cheap 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z It opens with the smash of a gong, ringing in “Taita Inty,” a song described as a “traditional Incan hymn that dates back to 1000 B.C.” On the trail of Yma Sumac: The exotica legend came from Peru, but her career was all Hollywood 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z They include a statue of the Sphinx dating back to the 6th century B.C., East meets West as Louvre Abu Dhabi opens in the Gulf 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Vegetarianism was practiced as early as the fifth century B.C. in India, and it is strongly linked with a number of religious traditions worldwide, such as Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism. Is Veganuary bad for you? 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Ashurbanipal: The leader of Assyria in the 7th century B.C., Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Am I judging Trump too harshly? He isn’t the only infantile leader the world has ever seen. 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Fletcher brings her book to a close an entire millennium after Ramses, when Egypt was annexed by the Romans in 30 B.C. ‘The Story of Egypt’: A look at a gender-bending society where women could rule 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The oldest known carpet fragment dates to around 400 B.C. in Persia. The cost-conscious consumer’s guide to buying carpet 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Making a rigid material unexpectedly malleable, she evokes an ancient history of fluid sculptural drapery dating at least to the swirling, 2nd century B.C. chiton worn by the “Winged Victory of Samothrace.” New Marciano foundation proves the potential and the pitfalls of a vanity art museum 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Vancouver Police said a 61-year-old man from Surrey, B.C., died in a hospital shortly after being struck by the mock yellow cab late Friday night in the city's Downtown Eastside district. `Cash Cab' taxi hits, kills Vancouver pedestrian 2011-07-17T18:16:04Z The unpublished mural discoveries point to the radically different path charted by Teotihuacan, which thrived from about 100 B.C. to 550 A.D., compared to other ancient civilizations. Stylish suburbs: how ancient Mexican metropolis dodged inequality trap 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Conn Iggulden begins a new series with two Persian invasions of Greece in the 5th century B.C. Review | Best audiobooks to listen to now 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z For a few days before and after the summer Alaska cruise season, travelers have their pick of brief itineraries ranging between California ports and Vancouver, B.C. 10 places to visit during ‘shoulder season,’ the sweet spot between high and low periods 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z A brief summary of the period: Beginning in about 3000 B.C., Art Review: Partnerships and Power Shifts Between Two Mighty Lands 2011-03-24T22:13:08Z It boasts 16 Unesco World Heritage sites, including the ruins of Persepolis dating to 518 B.C. and the 17th-century monumental arcades of Imam Square in Isfahan. Update: Tour Iran? Operators Hope So 2013-08-29T20:15:15Z A felt hat from the fifth to third centuries B.C. could easily be imagined atop the head of a Tarim leprechaun. Exhibition Review: Another Stop on a Long, Improbable Journey 2011-02-20T21:00:36Z One of them records citizens of Vancouver, B.C., who all but declare the place paradise. Things we love this week 2012-12-27T19:31:03Z So was a spectacular Han pricket candlestick held up by a standing figure of the third or second century B.C. Maastricht Signals an Art Market on the Rebound 2010-03-19T15:25:00Z Painted in a style known as Red-figure and dating from around 470 B.C., the main design on the cup is of Oedipus listening to the riddle of the Sphinx of Thebes. The Surprise Message on a Priceless Ancient Artifact 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z On a weekend visit to Vancouver, B.C., the San Francisco-based anthropologist did everything she could to avoid international roaming charges, declining to make calls or send text messages. Traveling abroad? Here’s how to avoid cell phone bill shock. 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Forced into hard physical labor with little time for sleep, indentured workers at B.C. Uncovering the violent history of the Canadian sugar industry 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The action begins with a pouch of gold coins, none of more recent date than a thousand years B.C. Review | For fans of Indiana Jones and Dan Brown, an adventure story for the ages 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Chavín, a lively, industrialized culture, flourished in the Peruvian Andes beginning around the 15 century B.C. — long before Rome became a Republic. What's On This Week Around The World 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z The spot is sunnier than the old home of the sculpture, which also has a new name, “Sudama,” after a granite cave in India carved during the third century B.C. They Have Finished Moving 225 Tons of Reimagined Art 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z The portrait is estimated to date from the 1st century B.C. to the 1st century A.D. Like ‘long-lost cousins,’ Indian and Celtic musicians find common notes 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z But first it kicks off with an animated speaker from closer to home: National Geographic explorer-in-residence Wade Davis, based in Vancouver, B.C. Wade Davis visits Seattle to talk about threatened B.C. wilderness 2014-01-08T23:08:13Z Alexander the Great passed through in the fourth century B.C. 2010-01-14T18:35:00Z In Aristophanes’ bawdy “Lysistrata” — 411 B.C. — a group of Greek wives deny their husbands sex until the men agree to negotiate a peaceful end to the Peloponnesian War. The Week Ahead: May 15 ? 21 2011-05-13T18:51:39Z Part of the ticket revenue will be spent on maintaining the site, where Roman statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa commissioned a temple in honor of Emperor Augustus in around 27 B.C. Ancient Roman Pantheon to start charging entry fee in 2018 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z The clinical eye — exacting, dispassionate, free of superstition — came into being a little after 500 B.C. on the wealthy Greek island of Thasos, Lane Fox argues in “The Invention of Medicine.” Three New Books on the Predigital Technologies That Shaped Our World 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z The Tel Rehov dig focused on the 10th century B.C., the time of David and Solomon, at the very beginnings of proper history. John Sandford: By the Book 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Across the “natural toilet” known as the Strait, giddy Victoria, B.C., officials promptly invited the town to become an official Sewage Sister City. What doesn’t fly these days? Puffery about comforts of flying 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Part of the ticket revenue will be spent on maintaining the site, where Roman statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa commissioned a temple in honor of Emperor Augustus in around 27 B.C. Ancient Roman Pantheon to start charging entry fee in 2018 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Instead, the honor goes to Jonah Samson, a Vancouver, B.C., doctor with a decidedly macabre and libido-fueled sense of humor. Review: Artists breathe rambunctious new life into faded treasures at Seattle's G. Gibson Gallery 2011-03-31T20:39:09Z It is a choral lament for the fall of Nineveh, the ancient Assyrian capital — or as close as Mr. Cuoghi could come to what might have been performed in Assyria around 612 B.C. Aural Installations Take Over New Museum 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The same two concerts happen in Vancouver, B.C. the same week, flip-flopped, so it's conceivable the tour busses could pass each other on I-5. Three kings bearing gifts: Prince, Jay-Z and Kanye 2011-12-11T23:56:01Z Many food historians speculate that bouillabaisse is a descendant of kakavia, a traditional soup of the ancient Greeks, who colonized Marseille in about 600 B.C. In Search of the Real Bouillabaisse, Marseille’s Gift to the Fish Lover 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Valletta’s National Museum of Archaeology, occupying a classic 1571 building, displays Maltese treasures dating back to 5000 B.C., in the Neolithic period. Malta, the island nation just below Sicily, is an increasingly popular stopover 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z It was already there in the fourth millennium B.C. Review: 'Routes of Arabia'' Exhibition at Louvre Is Startling 2010-07-23T11:56:00Z Most recently, he has been shooting a new pilot based on the “Archie” comics in Vancouver, B.C., at least during the week. The killer career of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z A remarkable series of plates from fourth century B.C. found in Puglia are embellished with attentively observed specimens of sea bream, perch, red mullet, sole, octopus and other marine creatures. A Greco-Roman Tour of Myth and Nature 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The impact of the contacts with Iran is reflected in the Macedonian adoption of Iranian royal motifs as early as the mid-sixth century B.C. Art: Macedonia's Riches Before Alexander 2011-10-21T12:30:08Z Their decline was gradual and the last Etruscan cities were absorbed by Rome around 100 B.C. Etruscan tomb in Corsica may yield secrets on civilization's decline 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z On the “stark beauty” front, Josh Martin of Collective 605 from Vancouver, B.C., delivered some extraordinary goods with his solo piece, “Leftovers.” NW New Works: dental hygiene, stunning solo work, and more 2013-06-10T18:40:34Z It bespeaks an authoritarian power that was consolidated under the first Pharaoh around 3100 B.C., and that, despite political ups and downs, maintained a firm grip on the country’s aesthetic program for nearly three millenniums. Art Review: ?The Dawn of Egyptian Art? at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-04-12T22:17:19Z In 331 B.C. the Persian king Darius III picked this now peaceful place to face Alexander the Great of Macedonia once and for all. A Journey Into Iraqi Kurdistan 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Above, a bronze statue of Reshef, an ancient Phoenician god of war and thunder, from around 1000 B.C. Pharrell in Poland and Degas in Melbourne: Global Arts Guide 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z The Romans occupied the island in 238 B.C., and constructed temples, viaducts and an artificial isthmus linking Sant’Antioco — then called Sulci — to the mainland. Explorer: The Island of Sant?Antioco, off Sardinia, Italy 2010-03-26T07:58:00Z The enhanced exhibition space will open with a show featuring 300 objects that date from 3,500 B.C. to the 20th century. Morgan Library Building to Reopen Next Month 2010-09-29T22:07:00Z The country today is what remains of a once-ancient empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Caspian Sea in the first century B.C., before it was conquered by the Romans. My Armenia 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z It will feature an archaeological collection from the 7th century B.C. to the Middle Ages, and a rooftop garden with city views. What’s new for 2018 in France and Switzerland 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The rights of guests feature prominently in ancient Biblical scriptures, as well as in the Arthashastra, an ancient Indian treatise from roughly 250 B.C. intended as a proto-Machiavellian handbook for South Asian monarchs. Last Supper: The Real-Life Massacre that Inspired the Game of Thrones ‘Red Wedding’ 2013-06-04T15:24:37Z He was born a prince, Siddhartha, in the sixth century B.C., the son of a tribal ruler, in a place called Lumbini, near the border of India and Nepal. Art Review | 'Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art': On the Road With Seekers at the Asia Society 2010-03-18T23:04:00Z So it was with considerable enthusiasm in 2017 that the Metropolitan Museum of Art paid nearly $4 million for a gold-plated coffin dating back to the 1st century B.C. For U.S. Museums With Looted Art, the Indiana Jones Era Is Over 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Even if it’s 5400 B.C., there are large clay jars holding more than two gallons of wine each. Back to School With a Side of Art 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z It’s the final days of Bird Week 2014 in Vancouver, B.C. 3 getaways for this weekend, from Portland to Zillah 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z Titillating stories of faraway lands date to at least as far back as the fifth century B.C., when Herodotus wrote of a goat-footed people far to the north, and of the cannibals beyond them. A Journey Along the River That Separates Russia From China 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Kissing was first documented in human societies around 1500 B.C., in India's Vedic Sanskrit texts that serve as the basis of the Hindu religion. Exploring the kiss 2011-03-04T02:20:58Z We lingered over these seven bronze tablets, created between the third and first century B.C. Overnighter: Frescoes and Festivals in an Umbrian Town 2012-10-28T05:00:23Z “The Divine Body” houses some of the show’s oldest objects, including jewelry and a beaded cape dating to the Royal Cemetery of Ur in ancient Mesopotamia, about 2600 to 2500 B.C. How Jewelry Makes Us Who We Are 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z For example, there is an inscribed piece of marble with cuneiform that includes turns of phrase used elsewhere exclusively to describe a specific king, Esarhaddon, who was a ruler of Assyria circa 672 B.C. Did ISIS inadvertently uncover the secret to the “lost” Hanging Gardens of Babylon? 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z The earliest petroglyphs date to 5,000 B.C., though some were etched as recently as the mid-1700s, offering valuable clues to the diverse tribes who passed through this landscape. Immerse Yourself in Indigenous Culture 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Since the ship stopped in Vancouver, B.C., my parents would need either a passport or birth certificate to enter Canada. Letters from magazine readers 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z At the end, a haunting face, based on a fourth-century B.C. Alexei Ratmansky’s Epic Ballet Arrives in a Changed World 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z But Newgrange is the beginning — DNA analysis and archaeological evidence indicate that farming in the region began somewhere around 4500 B.C. Jane Smiley Explores Ancient Ireland’s Mysterious Tombs 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Your safest bet in choosing a color, says Maria Killam, a color expert in Vancouver, B.C., is to choose paint based on context: Where will it be used, and how? Looking for a paint color that will never go out of style? Try one of these timeless shades. 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Hercules’ gang of merry mercenaries roves Greece, killing pirates and other fourth-century B.C. riffraff. ‘Hercules,’ via a Graphic Novel 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z More showstopping highlights include a large white alabaster baboon dating from around 3100 B.C. and lent by the Egyptian Museum in Berlin. Art Review: ?The Dawn of Egyptian Art? at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-04-12T22:17:19Z Bard on the Beach, the Vancouver, B.C., classical drama outfit, continues its 22nd season of Shakespeare productions through Sept. Get thee to Vancouver, B.C., for Bard on the Beach 2011-09-07T20:33:06Z Panel 6 has an illustration of the first century B.C. sculpture “Laocoön,” featuring a Trojan priest killed by sea-serpents sent by Apollo. This Atlas of Art and Memory Is a Wonder of the Modern World 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z The objects include tapestries, lacquerware and oil paintings, and they date as far back as the third millennium B.C. Metropolitan Museum Collaborates With Chinese Museum 2013-01-31T22:17:21Z Seattle can't offer the level of incentives or infrastructure that made its sister city to the north, Vancouver, B.C., a hotbed of big-budget film and TV production. Pipeline to Sundance: Collaboration is key to Seattle's indie filmmakers 2011-01-14T23:45:39Z It still comes with restrictions — best to check the B.C. travel guidance before you head out — but what better way to celebrate the border opening than with an all-Ameri-Canadian road trip? 4 British Columbia road trips to consider while the US-Canada border is open 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Officials said the item, which dates to 400 B.C., first appeared on the international art market without provenance after rampant looting in Milas, Turkey. Michael Steinhardt, Billionaire, Surrenders $70 Million in Stolen Relics 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z The Middle Kingdom lasted not quite four centuries, from about 2030 to 1650 B.C., and much of its architecture is lost. Met exhibit shatters 19th-century myths about ancient Egypt 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z For Mr. Packer, there was never any question about including H.B.C.U.s in his storytelling — they were central to the authenticity of the narrative. H.B.C.U.s Have a Spirit All Their Own. Pop Culture Is Paying Attention. 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z So for today's Tiny Art Show, we offer a classic sign from our neighbor to the north, Vancouver, B.C. Tiny Art Show: 'Neon Vancouver' 2011-10-07T15:46:04Z A papyrus from 1,400 B.C., for instance, shows that Mycenaean mercenaries fought on Egypt’s side against Libyan invaders. Review | From the Pharaohs to Cleopatra and Julius Caesar: how Egypt influenced Greece and Rome 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z As a result, Mr. Logue’s “Iliad” seemed to capture truly the swift-footed immediacy of the original, which was composed and transmitted by generations of oral bards starting in the ninth or eighth century B.C. British Poet Christopher Logue Dies at 85 2011-12-10T20:49:32Z Around 300 B.C., the Romans invented a new way for a group of people to buy property and enter into contracts. How Businesses Became People 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z The object, described as a “cosmetic spoon,” was a tool carved from ivory and dating to between 800 and 700 B.C. U.S. Officials Repatriate a Looted Relic to the Palestinian Authority 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z The Etruscans originated in Tuscany during the Bronze Age in around 900 B.C. and left little written trace of their culture. Etruscan tomb in Corsica may yield secrets on civilization's decline 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Wicker baskets, made by our ancestors the same way since 5,000 B.C., are beautiful, versatile and resilient. Before Glitter and Glue Sticks, ‘Craeft’ 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Literary “immortality” first became a thing, she explains, in ancient Rome, around the first century B.C. The Bizarre, Complicated Formula for Literary Fame 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z We strolled around Erbil’s citadel, a fortress on a mound, that dates to 6000 B.C., and mingled with Arab Iraqis from the south who seemed overjoyed to friend an American on Facebook. A Journey Into Iraqi Kurdistan 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z “It spoke of who we were, to reflect on Cuba B.C. — Before Castro — when it was free.” Gloria Estefan left Cuba as a young child, but the island defines her, and her music 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z We see examples of twine from before 4000 B.C.; corn on the cob from A.D. 900-1275; and moccasins from the 13th century. Museum Review: The Natural History Museum of Utah in Salt Lake City 2012-03-23T22:08:01Z Of course, there are no pyramids that date from 3600 B.C., which is exactly the point: this one doesn’t survive the conflagration. The Empty Astonishments of “X-Men: Apocalypse” 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z The cesspools and open sewers of medieval Europe, it seems, were not so different from those in China, sixth century B.C. Three New Books Will Take You to Places You’ve Never Gone Before 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z The site of present-day Qaryat al-Faw on the edge of the Rub’ al-Khali — “the Empty Quarter,” as the worst desert of the world is called — was an important center by the fourth century B.C. Review: 'Routes of Arabia'' Exhibition at Louvre Is Startling 2010-07-23T11:56:00Z Derived from Babylonian mythology, it circulated in Jewish oral tradition before being written down in the 10th century B.C. ‘Back to Eden,’ at the Museum of Biblical Art 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z And the turquoise and carnelian insets call to mind the finds loosely associated with the site of Ziviye in southern Azerbaijan that are not later than the seventh century B.C. Art Review: Murky Exploration of an Iranian Past 2011-05-27T12:00:04Z The same is true for the Old Testament, written in Hebrew and Aramaic from approximately the ninth century B.C. to the second century B.C. From Biden’s giant Bible to Christian flags waved by rioters, "religion" means many different things 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z Several items depicted, whole or in part, on Locke’s trophies, were once active or passive players in power games, as diplomatic persuaders, ideological enforcers, or in the case of an eighth-century B.C. The Eyes Have It in Hew Locke’s Power-Challenging Show 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Around 1700 B.C., residents suddenly abandoned the Indus Valley city, and it was lost in the sands of time until archaeologists began excavating it in the 1920s. Ghost Cities Of 2100 2010-07-27T16:00:00Z By the time the Roman agronomist Cato the Elder wrote his famous treatise on agriculture around 160 B.C., the techniques for salt-curing ham he describes were well established, the precursor of today’s prosciutto and speck. Yes, Ham Can Be a Surprisingly Easy Spring Project 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Oral tradition places the Jews in Morocco since just after the destruction of the first temple in Jerusalem in the sixth century B.C. In Morocco, Exploring Remnants of Jewish History 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Carthage fought three Punic Wars against Rome — the second involving Hannibal and his famous march with elephants across the Alps — but eventually succumbed to a siege by the Romans in 146 B.C. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Historians believe it was about here in 54 B.C. that Julius Caesar’s army found a place to ford the river on their way north. Favorite Place: Wintry Wanderings Among Chelsea’s Ghosts 2013-12-26T22:18:07Z Writing came to China as early as around 1200 B.C. and to the Maya in Mesoamerica long before A.D. Hunting for the Dawn of Writing, When Prehistory Became History 2010-10-19T21:55:00Z The scene in question is a grand counter-theogony set in ancient Egypt—3600 B.C., to be exact—in a highly ornamented and grandly structured chamber that resembles the inside of a pyramid. The Empty Astonishments of “X-Men: Apocalypse” 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z In 2002, the new Library of Alexandria opened on the Corniche near the site of its predecessor, which was built in the third century B.C. and burned by the Romans in 30 B.C. Update: Tourism in Alexandria After Arab Spring 2011-11-02T14:25:08Z H.B.C.U.s are not utopias, of course. Welcome to Homecoming! 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Then came the linen, the traditional Egyptian mummification material since about 2400 B.C. Melvin the Mummy, Rewrapped, at Brooklyn Museum 2010-05-06T22:57:00Z There are printing blocks, binding tools, ink brushes, paper samples, printer’s proofs, strange contraptions and of course plenty of books, from an eighth-century B.C. The 2,000-Year Story of Building the Book 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Hanukkah commemorates finding a small amount of oil, which the Jewish Maccabees used to rededicate the temple in Jerusalem after they defeated the Syrian Greeks in the second century B.C. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z These archaeological finds are the only source of information about Macedonia before its inclusion in the Persian Empire at the end of the sixth century B.C. Art: Macedonia's Riches Before Alexander 2011-10-21T12:30:08Z Despite the occasional laughing or scowling face, most Greek public sculpture before the fourth century B.C., shares a demeanor of grave restraint. Review: ‘A World of Emotions’ in Greek Art Unmasks the Stony Faces 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z In New York’s Phoenix Ancient Art gallery, the abstract, smoothly contoured marble Neolithic mother goddess is as modern and abstract as a Brancusi, and the bronze, fourth century B.C. Salon Art + Design, a Fair With Wit, Cheek, History 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z However, their schedule includes a July 31 appearance in Vancouver, B.C., at BC Place Stadium. Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z announce joint tour 2013-02-22T16:33:08Z By the second century B.C., the proud Roman Republic had been brought low by inequity, corruption and populist politicians. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Every time a government tries to control the people, violating the law, they play the fear card, and people submit to it, because historically, since 10,000 B.C., people have always chosen security over freedom.” Origins of Oscar Winner ?The Secret in Their Eyes? 2010-04-14T22:16:00Z The tour also visits Vancouver, B.C., on April 20, and Portland, Ore., on April 24. Coldplay plans visit to Northwest in 2012 2011-12-08T17:13:04Z By the seventh century B.C., the Iranian connection can be verified in a whole range of Macedonian objects. Art: Macedonia's Riches Before Alexander 2011-10-21T12:30:08Z One Million B.C. is a cave man living among dinosaurs, and 1776 looks like Benjamin Franklin. Listen to Rudolph: A New Year Is Both a Comfort and a Fiction 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z For all of these reasons, suicide has been a central concern of drama from its beginnings in 5th century B.C. To be or not to be: Playwrights on the complex issue of suicide 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z A coiled basket, preserved in the dry darkness of one of Utah’s desert caves, is dated 7000 B.C. Museum Review: The Natural History Museum of Utah in Salt Lake City 2012-03-23T22:08:01Z In the third century B.C., the first Jews arrived in what was then the Greek colony of Cyrene, and is now part of Libya. For Libyan Jews, This Spicy Fish Stew Is the Taste of Rosh Hashana 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z As hundreds of disparate shards of pottery arrived at the museum — some as purchases, some as gifts — dozens turned out to be parts of the same Greek kylix from roughly 490 B.C. The Kylix Marvel: Why Experts Distrust the Story of an Ancient Cup’s Rebirth 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z A stone head larger than life size was discovered by a joint German-Saudi archaeological team excavating an ancient temple at Tayma’ built between the fourth and the second centuries B.C. Review: 'Routes of Arabia'' Exhibition at Louvre Is Startling 2010-07-23T11:56:00Z King Tut ruled Egypt as pharaoh for 10 years until his death at age 19, around 1324 B.C. New Cairo museum hopes Tutankhamun's chariot will be a draw for tourists 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Patanjali likely lived in India somewhere between the first century B.C. or the fourth century A.D. Yoga isn’t timeless: it’s changing to meet contemporary needs 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Within the circus is a massive tower from the first century B.C., that was turned into a Gothic-style palace during the Middle Ages. Overnighter: Near Barcelona, Gems From Ancient Rome 2011-06-03T19:03:42Z Its art was heavily influenced by a Greek style of sculpture dating back to Alexander the Great’s conquest of the area around 330 B.C. Looking for a Stolen Idol? Visit the Museum of the Manhattan D.A. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z In May, a new hatchery facility on Shingle Creek near Penticton, B.C. was completed, and an annual release of up to five million sockeye fry will be possible. Upper Columbia sockeye expectations should soar in the near future 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z A parchment scroll with text of the Ten Commandments, dating from 30 B.C. to 1 B.C., was removed after a limited showing. Spare Times for Feb. 10-16 2012-02-09T21:44:47Z “Vinegar probably wasn’t a culinary ingredient until around 1500 B.C.,” he said. Exploring the Sweet Subtleties of Vinegar 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z “Chi-Raq” is a loose adaptation of Aristophanes’ comedy “Lysistrata,” from 411 B.C., about a group of women who withhold sex from men in order to get them to end the ruinous Peloponnesian War. Spike Lee’s Necessary, Overwhelming “Chi-Raq” 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z It was founded in 814 B.C. by Dido, a Phoenician princess from ancient Tyre, fleeing her homicidal brother Pygmalion, who had killed her husband. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z A revivalist bronze vessel with patterns inspired by 12th- to 6th-century B.C. models was recovered from her funerary chamber in present-day Inner Mongolia. Review: Groundbreaking Picture of China 2010-11-19T12:36:00Z The road system began forming as trails as early as 1000 B.C., Protection Sought for Vast and Ancient Incan Road 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z The Romans never considered these contingencies when they adopted a version of the alphabet, handed down via the Greeks and Etruscans, that had been invented by the Phoenicians in about 1000 B.C. Adrian Frutiger Dies at 87; His Type Designs Show You the Way 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Wilson calls the process “freeing” and likens it to when the band first found fame in the early ’70s in Vancouver, B.C. Ann Wilson embraces Heart songs in new solo project 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z It’s easy for a quick weekend at Whistler, B.C., to turn into a pricey vacation. How to ski (and stay) at Whistler without breaking the bank 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z This is active, arresting drama built around parable and an epic Sanskrit poem, the “The Mahabharata,” believed to date to the 8th or 9th century B.C. Review | The remarkable ‘Battlefield’ speaks softly, and profoundly 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The Maya originated as a civilization around 1500 B.C. in an area covering all or parts of present-day Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico. Can Art Ever Be Innocent? 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z The great age of Pergamon began in the late third century B.C. A Show About the Hellenistic One Per Cent 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z The publication of “Catch-22” in 1961 was such an important event for the Heller family that Erica Heller refers to the preceding years as “B.C.” Books of The Times: The Catching of Two Joseph Hellers 2011-07-27T22:06:58Z “I tried so many kinds of shoes to relieve my constant heel blisters,” says Vancouver, B.C., writer Johanna Read. If you get blisters when you break out the sandals and hiking boots, we’ve got advice 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Events in David Sedaris’s early creative life might be dated with the abbreviation “B.C.” David Sedaris’s Back Pages, Before ‘SantaLand’ Made Him a Star 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z When a points purchase goes south, “it is horrid for both the seller and buyer,” says Randi Winter, a Virtuoso travel agent for Passionate Travel in Vancouver, B.C. Perspective | Avoid these travel hacks for a smoother summer vacation 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z The concert was part of a nine-city West Coast tour that began Monday in Vancouver, B.C. An intimate, spirited evening with Prince | Concert review 2013-04-19T18:24:16Z I thought of Hannibal, who built his garrison here during the Second Punic War around 200 B.C., surrendering only after his brother’s head was delivered to him. Discovering the Ruins of Italy’s Ionian Coast 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Via Rail Canada’s map resembles a constellation, with 19 train routes connecting such stars as Prince Rupert, B.C.; Three train trips to celebrate Canada’s Confederation 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Their expansive titles hint, but only just, at the combined visual cornucopia: “Portraits/Self-Portraits From the 16th to the 21st Century” and “Marble Sculpture From 350 B.C. to Last Week.” Art Review: Portraits From 16th Century and Sculpture at Sperone Westwater 2012-01-26T23:39:20Z "Nova" explores an ancient Chinese secret: The creation of a terra cotta army fit for the emperor who unified China in the third century B.C. TV This Week Nov. 9 - 15: 'Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B' 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Local lawyer Brand Bobosky spearheaded the initiative inspired by one he read about in Chemainus, B.C., and says it's survived the downtrodden economy thanks to the Illinois Arts Council, and community support. Does Naperville have it all? 2011-05-12T14:13:00Z If China hadn’t developed coins as a medium of exchange somewhere around 1000 B.C., Style Invitational Week 1308: Picture This . . . or These 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z A similar economy of means is found at Eleanor Abraham in a terra-cotta urn with a schematic face from the Swat Valley in Pakistan and the second or first century B.C. Art Review: New York Arts of Pacific Asia Show in a New Space 2010-03-25T21:27:00Z Among the terra-cottas is the most complete Roman frieze of its kind from a temple pediment from the mid-second century B.C. Review: The Face of Captive Greece in Rome 2010-08-13T15:41:00Z Sweden's Ghost B.C. instantly became front-runners for best-dressed rock band of the weekend with their black hoods and capes. Rainy start to day one of Lollapalooza 2013-08-02T20:41:00Z Now, the tunnels are features of a rail trail through Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park — and since B.C. provincial parks don’t charge fees, it, like all the hikes around here, is free. B.C.’s scenic Fraser Canyon has hikes, tunnels, tram — and a great river 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z But today a new filmmaking diaspora is spreading across the globe to places like Vancouver, B.C., Hollywood struggles against new film meccas 2013-12-28T03:22:15Z He methodically set out to document Vietnam’s fashions between 2000 B.C. and A.D. Antiques: Asia Week Dealers Stress Provenance 2011-03-17T20:46:32Z A jade vessel in an archaistic style inspired by 12th century B.C. bronze ritual vessels prompted an even more astonishing display of Chinese enthusiasm. Special Report: Asian Art: Chinese Nationalist Fervor Trumps Basic Facts 2011-05-26T18:00:08Z In the early 1970s, the band moved from the Seattle area to Vancouver, B.C., where it recorded its breakout hits and found its first commercial success with “Crazy on You” and “Magic Man.” Before chart-topping success, Heart, playing Tacoma Dome next week, was a Seattle band kicking around the local clubs 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z According to the National Pasta Association’s website Share the Pasta, the earliest known reference noodle dish can be traced back to the fourth century B.C. National Pasta Day: Fun facts about the noodle 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z And in the 7th century B.C., after a long hiatus, Greek soldiers were back in southern Egypt fighting for the pharaoh against the Nubians. Review | From the Pharaohs to Cleopatra and Julius Caesar: how Egypt influenced Greece and Rome 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z The most recent incident occurred Nov. 19, 2018 at the Kelowna, B.C., winery, when Crozier was transferring the wine between tanks as part of his duties. Man's 'careless' error led to thousands of gallons of wine being dumped down drain 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Metal meets electronic dance music in the person of Kelowna, B.C., The Week Ahead: Mariners FanFest, Colin Meloy 2014-01-16T00:00:46Z But the dating of an original text for the “Confucius” sayings starts around the fifth century B.C. and runs through various revisions till the second century A.D. By the Book: Gary Snyder 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Now AMC has, weirdly, said "Never mind . . . " and announced a third season, which will begin shooting in Vancouver, B.C. next month. 'The Killing' won't die 2013-01-16T20:16:05Z Around 100 B.C., the empires alluded to in the title, the Roman and Parthian, began fighting for preeminence in a region we reflexively call the Middle East. Perspective | In a year of upheaval, the best art was also the bravest 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The Etruscans were an early pre-Roman civilization that lasted until 27 B.C. National Pasta Day: Fun facts about the noodle 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z After the fourth century B.C., when the practice of vegetarianism spread throughout India among Buddhists, Jains and Hindus, many Hindus continued to eat beef. Hinduism and its complicated history with cows (and people who eat them) 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Risotto is made with rice grown in Abbotsford, B.C., about an hour’s drive away, and the wine list includes some of the more interesting bottles from the Okanagan Valley, about five hours away. If you can only eat three meals in Vancouver, B.C., make sure they’re here 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Since sugar cane cannot grow in Canada, B.C. Uncovering the violent history of the Canadian sugar industry 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z In the second installment of a new series about travel gone wrong, Features Editor Paige Collins describes a seasickness-inducing journey to Victoria, B.C. Bad Travelers: A harrowing crossing on the Victoria Clipper 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z The oldest vessels in the collection, makeup palettes once used by Pharaoh Amenhotep I, date from the 16th century B.C. Special Report: : When the Box Itself Is the Thing 2011-11-21T13:01:44Z They date back as far as the 4th millennium B.C. Uruk, maybe the 1st metropolis, gets Berlin show 2013-04-24T12:09:09Z True to the period of the Spartacus rebellion, 73-71 B.C., this is a polytheistic world, and “The Risen” is simply the name by which the uprising slaves are commonly known. ‘The Risen,’ an absorbing new historical novel about Spartacus 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Lemire, who lives in Vancouver, B.C., also published a book called “Dog Shaming,” which hit The New York Times best-seller list in January. Do dogs feel shame? Probably not, experts say 2014-03-19T21:45:39Z Only rarely does this emphasis dull the impact of Euripides’ 415 B.C. play, and when the floodgates do finally open up in Jocelyn Clarke’s insightful adaptation, the result is that much more devastating. Theater Review: ‘Trojan Women (After Euripides)’ at BAM Next Wave Festival 2012-11-29T22:29:32Z People everywhere lived in small, egalitarian hunter-gatherer groups, until the sudden invention of agriculture around 9,000 B.C. gave rise to sedentary societies and states based on inequality, hierarchy and bureaucracy. What if Everything You Learned About Human History Is Wrong? 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Records show that the half-month event dates back to the oracle bone readings from the 14th century B.C. when the Shang Dynasty was in power. Chinese Lunar New Year: The history and how it's celebrated 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z The classically ideal body, as established in sculpture in Greece in the fifth century B.C., has been the most constantly copied style in all the arts. The Body Beautiful: The Classical Ideal in Ancient Greek Art 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Its focus is exactly that: Jazz from Vancouver, B.C., to Portland. Seattle jazz broadcaster reaching fans around world 2012-12-22T05:49:03Z Later, in the third century B.C., small clay female figures were buried in northern India, probably to thank the Great Goddess for the earth’s fertility. An Art of Faith, Facts and Miracles 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Artifacts date back to the sixth millennium B.C., when agricultural advances allowed nomadic hunter-gatherers to stay in one place. An Awkward Trek Through Time at the Penn Museum 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z The sandstone temple was built around 15 B.C. on the west bank of the Nile, roughly 600 miles south of Cairo. ‘I Was Here I Was I,’ a Kate Soper Work 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z And it’s still about founding cities, developing technologies and competing with rival civilizations for supremacy in war, wealth or scientific or cultural expertise as time marches from 4000 B.C. to the future. Reviews: Tomodachi Life; Divinity: Original Sin; Shovel Knight; and Civilization: Revolution 2 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z At the press opening for the Metropolitan Museum’s beyond-beautiful “Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 B.C.E.-400 C.E.,” five red-robed monks chanted Pali blessings, the vocalized equivalent of oceanic silence. Buddhist Art From India: Where the Natural Meets the Supernatural 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z For most cultures in the ancient world, such as Egypt, Assyria and Babylon, until the second century B.C., there was no word for "religion" as a singular, abstract concept. From Biden’s giant Bible to Christian flags waved by rioters, "religion" means many different things 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z The tomb consisted of numerous chambers that dated from 323 B.C. to 30 B.C. and that were accessible through a corridor and sloping set of stairs. Egypt Unveils Dozens of Newly Discovered Mummies 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z One of them, for example, a Greek statue from the mid-second to the first century B.C., was a gift of a donor who bought the piece from Phoenix Ancient Art in 2001. Cleveland Museum Buys Antiquities, Stirs Ethics Debates 2012-08-13T02:00:13Z The Allied landings on D-Day in 1944 amounted to “the largest combined land and sea operation conducted since the invasion of Greece by King Xerxes of Persia in spring 480 B.C.” World War II Seen by a Classicist, and Other New Books About Conflict 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z The exhibition, which runs through March 6, focuses heavily on the Sumerian civilization that flourished between 3500 B.C. and 1800 B.C. in what is now southern Iraq. Hunting for the Dawn of Writing, When Prehistory Became History 2010-10-19T21:55:00Z Miller, a maritime artist and illustrator living in Vancouver, B.C., wrote the text and illustrated the book with almost 100 of his own beautifully detailed paintings. Local books: A memoir by Jack Olsen 2011-09-19T22:04:06Z The Parthenon was built between 447-432 B.C. and is considered the crowning work of classical architecture. Greece hopes marble foot will get UK to return sculptures 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z The eight-night Jewish Festival of Lights commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, which reportedly dates back to the second century B.C. How people celebrate Hanukkah around the world 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z According to copies of copies of fragments of ancient texts, Pythagoras in about 500 B.C. exhorted his followers: Don’t eat beans! Why Are We in the West So Weird? A Theory 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z The magic for me wasn’t in particular characters as much as it was in the plot lines and the elements of culture imported from H.B.C.U.s, or historically Black colleges and universities. H.B.C.U.s Have a Spirit All Their Own. Pop Culture Is Paying Attention. 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z The marble statue of a young woman dates to about 520 B.C. and belongs to the kore type, a police statement said Wednesday. Greek police recovers ancient statue from goat pen 2012-03-28T15:31:22Z Moreover the sculpture, architectural reliefs and works of gold and bronze in the show, which were produced from the third century B.C. to the fifth century A.D., are poorly represented in American museums. Long-Delayed Show of Buddhist Art From Pakistan Is to Open 2011-07-26T22:48:05Z The oldest is a cuneiform tablet from about 2300 B.C.; the newest was published last year. Behold, the Tiniest of Books 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Legend says that sometime around 490 B.C., the Greek herald ran over two dozen miles from the town of Marathon to Athens to announce his city’s victory over Persia in battle. Cancer survivor swims topless 2012-06-22T14:46:00Z It is named for the Cucuteni people, who, around 5000 B.C., started to make decorated pottery in what is now Romania. Can Old-World Ceramics Survive Modern Tastes? 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z And, indeed, the Roman conquest of the Sicilian Greek city in 212 B.C. was an emblematic moment in the revolutionizing of the Roman visual arts. Review: The Face of Captive Greece in Rome 2010-08-13T15:41:00Z It mirrors the ambitions of Middle Eastern monarchies to establish a world empire, from the Semitic Assyrians in the eighth century B.C. to the Indo-European Persians, or, better said, Iranians, in the sixth century B.C. Art: Macedonia's Riches Before Alexander 2011-10-21T12:30:08Z I say first millennium B.C., and their eyes don’t glaze over. | The French Designer Marc Auclert’s Whimsical Jewelry 2013-05-24T17:40:29Z From the second century B.C. to the fourth century A.D., Peeling back layers of history in Evora 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z The closest performances to Seattle are now Dec. 12 in Los Angeles, and Dec. 18 in Vancouver, B.C. Jay-Z, Kanye West Tacoma show canceled 2011-08-02T18:53:04Z According to legend, Rome was born on April 21, 753 B.C., when Romulus, the survivor of its feuding twin founders, hitched his plow and furrowed a circular perimeter in the hills above the Tiber River. Rome, Sacred Ground for Nearly 3,000 Years, and Counting 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z On another wall, an array of 10 artifacts representing the collection’s cultures includes an inscribed Peruvian stone from 1109 B.C. Penn Museum Redesign Aims Beyond Academics 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Along the way, the conservators found traces of an enormous fire set in the first century B.C. by the Roman general Sulla, and chunks of marble from clumsy repair jobs attempted centuries ago. Caryatid Statues, Restored, Are Stars at Athens Museum 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Now he’s part of a new large gallery devoted to the Hellenistic world, dating from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. to the rise of the Roman Empire in 31 B.C. Five Must-See Artworks at the Renovated Getty Villa 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Caves gaped from the surrounding rock face, and 24 of them had Buddhist statues and carvings inside, some dating back to 250 B.C. India’s Wine Country: A Charming Work in Progress 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z B.C. residents, reminding that human waste is “organic in nature,” once again described raw-sewage dumping as “the perfect natural solution” in newspaper comments. Hey, B.C.: Time to stop loafing on Victoria sewage treatment 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z That comment, however, ignores Aristarchus of Samos, a Greek astronomer in the third century B.C. who also proposed the heliocentric model. Letters: ?Agora?: Spinning ?Round the Sun 2010-05-28T14:58:00Z Temporary and permanent exhibitions on three levels include the famous golden mask, among the 5,300 objects excavated from the tomb of Tutankhamen, the “boy king” who died at age 19 in 1325 B.C. Can Architecture Build Values, Too? 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Generally considered the oldest surviving example of a complete musical composition, it is written in ancient Greek musical notation and probably dates from the period 200 B.C. to A.D. ArtsBeat: The Sounds of the Vibraphone Summon Audiences in Miami 2011-01-28T22:42:28Z En route lies the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers, the Gala Abu Ahmed fortress dating from 400 B.C., ancient Egyptian temples, prehistoric petroglyphs, Nubian archaeological sites and the pyramids of Meroe. From Botswana to Zambia, New Lodges, Resorts and Tours 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The route: The same as Oliver and Osoyoos, but keep heading north on 97 through B.C. 4 British Columbia road trips to consider while the US-Canada border is open 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Her 8th century B.C. temple, the Heraion, the ruins of which are near the town of Pythagoria, was partly built as a sanctuary for refugees. On Samos, Aesop’s Fabled Isle, a Mix of Greeks, Migrants and Tourists 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Based on the way the buildings and walls were built on top of one another, researchers contend that the site was likely occupied between 1800 and 1200 B.C. Unearthing Everyday Life at an Ancient Site in Greece 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z The Culture Ministry said more than 70 items dating from the 6th century B.C. were recovered Thursday. Greek authorities seize smuggled antiquities 2011-10-06T21:35:08Z Displays profile immigrants throughout history — from the first humans who left Africa in 40,000 B.C. to migrant workers of today. Europe’s emigration museums: Remembering the long goodbye 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z With each film, Mr. Packer said he wanted to convey what made H.B.C.U.s singularly special. H.B.C.U.s Have a Spirit All Their Own. Pop Culture Is Paying Attention. 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z In 2012 the B.C. government, bargaining the future for the promise of immediate financial gain, announced the export of liquefied natural gas to China as an economic priority. British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest is under siege 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Dating to 5000 B.C. and continuing today, Chinese lacquer is made from sap that oozes from a variety of trees in the sumac family. How to repair an antique Chinese lacquer basket 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z The tradition of skewering the appearance of public figures goes back to 1360 B.C., when an artist drew an unflattering caricature of King Tut’s father-in-law. Late-night shows still make fun of politicians’ looks. Are these jokes justified — or even funny? 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Next door, Throckmorton has brought a seemingly encyclopedic array of pre-Columbian sculptures, vessels and textiles, starting with a red Colima vessel from 100 B.C. to A.D. Winter Antiques Show Offers a Collection of Recent and Rare Works 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Second place — and a slot at the Northwest Folklife Festival — went to bluegrass band Northern Departure, followed by alternative pop group Fit for Hounds and The Oh wells, a folk-pop outfit from Surrey, B.C. Seattle band Tomten wins EMP's Sound Off! battle of underage bands 2011-03-06T21:11:04Z Among the recovered items, officials said, were three fresco paintings dating to the fourth century B.C. and stolen from Paestum, an ancient Greek city located in southern Italy. New York Returns 142 Looted Artifacts to Italy 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The Nubian empire, centered in present-day Sudan, was one of the largest in the ancient world before being conquered by Egypt in the eighth century B.C. America’s Big Museums on the Hot Seat 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z The feelings conveyed in a satyr head from the second to the first centuries B.C. are harder to read, as befits a being half-human, half-beast. Review: ‘A World of Emotions’ in Greek Art Unmasks the Stony Faces 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z One of them, the possible ancestor of backgammon, is believed to have started in Persia in the vicinity of 2000 B.C. What We Learn from One of the World’s Oldest Board Games 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z But the book’s starting point takes the reader back even further, to 3 million B.C., when, Mr. Trager wrote, drawing on fossil evidence, an upright, tool-using human ancestor was around and about. James Trager Dies at 86; Author of ?The People?s Chronology? 2012-03-05T00:56:20Z I had read years ago that the Roman soldiers who came here in the third century B.C. roasted their meat on oleander branches and unwittingly poisoned themselves. Discovering the Ruins of Italy’s Ionian Coast 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Hosts Canada, meanwhile, rode the support of a boisterous crowd at Vancouver's B.C. Soccer: U.S. women secure Olympic berth 2012-01-28T07:08:02Z The story of Purim, which celebrates the Jews’ narrow escape from mass annihilation in the 4th century B.C., takes place in the ancient Persian empire. How to make a Persian feast for Purim that’s suited for a weeknight dinner 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z One idea is a restaurant called B.C. or Wild. 2010-01-09T03:29:00Z That bust dates to as early as 300 B.C. and investigators said in their filing that it lacks the kind of documents that normally accompany ancient artifacts when they leave Italy. Judge Orders Return of Ancient Limestone Relief to Iran 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Nearby is a Syrian stonework from about 884 B.C. that once hung in the Mercantile Library in St. Louis. Kansas City museum to open new Egyptian Galleries 2010-05-06T17:52:00Z Specifically we are in the late 70s B.C. in the ancient city of Capua at a Roman gladiatorial campus where dorm life leaves the shenanigans at the Big Ten looking fairly pathetic. | 'Spartacus: Gods of the Arena': The Adventures of Spartacus Sixpack 2011-01-20T22:57:54Z Police said the 5th century B.C. statue was recovered following a months-long police operation that involved an investigation by the Cultural Heritage and Antiquities Department. Greek police recover ancient statue of ‘exceptional artwork’ 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z He called Susanna Lilienthal, a conservator who played a central role in the restoration of the sixth century B.C. Art for East Germany’s Secret Police Is for Sale at Art Basel Miami Beach 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Thought to have been finished around 1600 B.C., over the eons Stonehenge has been attributed to the ancient Celtic high priests called druids and the Arthurian wizard Merlin. The 25 Rooms That Influence the Way We Design 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z At the tip of a peninsula thrust into the Atlantic, the city of Cádiz, a trading hub since 1100 B.C., has a vibe that’s more Havana than Madrid. 52 Places to Go in 2019 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z One of the major fires was burning in the southern Greek region of the Peloponnese near ancient Olympia, where the Olympics were held every four years from 776 B.C. for more than a millennium. Forest fires rage in Greece, threaten Olympics birthplace 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z The earliest mentions of Herat and Balkh occur in the sixth century B.C. inscriptions of the Achaemenid rulers of the Iranian empire. Art Review: Murky Exploration of an Iranian Past 2011-05-27T12:00:04Z More boards emerged from excavations in Anatolia, Israel, and Iran, the oldest of them dating back to the dawn of the second millennium B.C. What We Learn from One of the World’s Oldest Board Games 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Partially excavated ruins of a settlement dating to the 2nd century B.C. that includes an amphitheater, mosaics and more. Macedonia’s local cuisine adds spice to a bike tour of the mountain lakes 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The collection spans five millenniums, from the art of early Japanese cultures around 3000 B.C. through that of the Edo period of the 17th to 19th centuries A.D. Mary Griggs Burke, Collector of Japanese Art, Dies at 96 2012-12-18T07:57:17Z Friday through July 3, various venues in Vancouver, B.C.; free-$68. Big changes at Vancouver Jazz Festival 2011-06-15T21:53:04Z Now, with this traveling show, some of those wondrous things — truly world masterpieces — have come home in an exhibition context that carries the Native American story from 100 B.C. into the 21st century. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org. Museum & Gallery Listings for May 8-14 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Its sunny terrace overlooks a green lawn strewn with ruins — a section of the fourth-century B.C. In Busy Rome, a Hotel That’s an Oasis 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z We start with Knossos, an elaborate Minoan palace whose history dates to about 2000 B.C. Introducing my kids to their grandparents’ Greece 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The first evolved in the Middle East and spread to Europe as early as 4400 B.C. Animal Doctor: Dog’s discomfort triggers compulsive behavior 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z One world president of the college, who was Peruvian, persuaded his government to donate the skulls reflecting ancient surgeries and historical tools from about 2000 B.C. Chicago’s creepy cabinet of curiosities 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Beneath the symbols is the Latin inscription “EID MAR,” designating the Ides of March — March 15, 44 B.C. — the fateful day on which the conspirators left Caesar dead on the floor of the Roman Senate. Rare Coin, Minted by Brutus to Mark Caesar’s Death, Is Returned to Greece 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z The 5th century B.C. fragments arrived in Athens Friday. LA's Getty Museum returns antiquities to Greece 2012-03-09T17:16:03Z She pointed out a first-century B.C. bronze portrait bust of a general named Marcus Agrippa, saying his origins as a Roman were obvious because of his fleshy, domineering face. Camille Paglia Scowls at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-09-27T22:19:53Z Dec. 3-7, various venues, Whistler, B.C.;, single film tickets, $10-$13, matinees and evening showings. 3 getaways for this weekend, from Whistler films to Tieton bazaar 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Rare items that once belonged to Russia's czars and aristocracy include Faberge jewels and gold items dating from as early as the fifth century B.C. Spain's Prado museum hosts large Hermitage exhibit 2011-11-05T11:24:08Z More than 125 exhibitors will be at the show, including Washington’s Crystal Mountain, White Pass, Stevens Pass and Summit at Snoqualmie; and ski areas big and small from B.C., Think snow with Seattle ski show this weekend 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z We paired pints of Three Bears Breakfast Stout from Langley, B.C.’s Trading Post Brewing with a wood-fired pizza piled with pulled pork, roasted sweet potatoes, mango chutney and pineapple. Escape from Vancouver: A biking adventure through B.C.’s gorgeous countryside 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z In the nineteenth century B.C., when a powerful pharaoh named Senwosret III expanded Egyptian control into Nubia, he commissioned hymns that, like Shabola’s song, addressed the pharaoh in the voice of everyday Egyptians: My House in Cairo 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z And these feelings are now the subject of a strange and wonderful exhibition, “A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 B.C.-200 A.D.,” at the Onassis Cultural Center New York in Midtown. Review: ‘A World of Emotions’ in Greek Art Unmasks the Stony Faces 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Take a deeper look at that favorite vacation spot for people in the Puget Sound: Victoria, B.C. NW Books: Investigating a Fairclough murder 2013-01-18T23:40:08Z When train routes were punched through to Vancouver, Victoria took second place among B.C.’s important cities. Walk, hike and bike the civilized sights of Victoria 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z “With all the synthetic building components and furnishings found within a modern building, there usually exist myriad chemicals in the indoor air,” B.C. These five plants don’t just look good — they improve your health, too 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Saturday, May 10, at eight parks around Vancouver, B.C. 3 getaways for this weekend, from Portland to Zillah 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z As the mainstays of a sport going back to at least 700 B.C., falcons fall into the latter category. Review | For years, Jeffrey Lendrum was at once an avid outdoorsman and merciless thief. Then he got caught. 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z A very rare survival of a larger fresco painting with a marine setting is “Diver,” a work from the fifth century B.C., from a tomb in Paestum, north of Naples. A Greco-Roman Tour of Myth and Nature 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The two other ships dated to the 1st century B.C. and the 8th-10th century A.D. 3 ancient shipwrecks discovered off Aegean island of Kasos 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Big White, a smaller option near Kelowna, B.C., may be preferable for novices who want a more low-key experience. Ski Holidays for the True Novice 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Hanukkah commemorates the victory in 165 B.C. of the rebellious Jewish Maccabees over the Syrian Greeks. How latkes took over your Hanukkah table — and how to get out of that rut 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Greece says the 5th Century B.C. works — about half the Parthenon’s surviving sculptures — were illegally removed and should be returned. Greece drafting bid for Parthenon sculpture loan from UK 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z A bronze pangolin recovered in the Dong Nai Province is given a broad 3rd century B.C. to 2nd century A.D. dating. Review: Lifting Hazy Veils From Centuries of Vietnamese Art 2010-02-26T18:30:00Z I read “1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed,” a book on the Bronze Age collapse in the eastern Mediterranean. Randall Munroe Loves Outdated Views of the Future 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Never mind that the movie was primarily shot in Cape Town, South Africa, with a few scenes done in Vancouver, B.C. 'Chronicle' is absurd, but Space Needle has starring role 2012-02-02T01:51:04Z That may be because it was developed in Vancouver, B.C., with the PuSH International Performing Arts Festival, as part of the city's recent Cultural Olympiad. Review: 'Best Before' is audience-friendly fun 2010-05-07T18:04:00Z On Thursday will offer about 50 monochrome Chinese vessels dating to the third century B.C. Antiques: Asia Week Dealers Stress Provenance 2011-03-17T20:46:32Z Over the decades, each addition to the depictions of H.B.C.U.s in the cultural space has helped to shape how we talk about and understand race, higher education and identity. H.B.C.U.s Have a Spirit All Their Own. Pop Culture Is Paying Attention. 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z And of Spartacus coming here with his troops in the first century B.C., pillaging and sending the natives and Greeks running for the nearby hills. Discovering the Ruins of Italy’s Ionian Coast 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z The tomb was dated to between 335 and 312 B.C. on the basis of a coin found next to a skeleton. Roman Tomb Unearthed; to Everyone’s Surprise, It’s Intact 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z She’s a pharaoh, one Hatshepsut, who reigned over Egypt for 20 odd years in the 15th-century B.C., and the distinction is important in a time when women rarely ruled, at least not officially. Review: ‘Fit for a Queen’ Sees ‘Dynasty’ Centuries Before the TV Show 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Founded by the Greeks in the fourth century B.C., Next Stop: A Croatian Island’s Day in the Sun 2013-07-05T17:32:31Z She died in the 14th century B.C. and is thought to be Tutankhamen’s stepmother, and any confirmation of her final resting place would be the most remarkable Egyptian archaeological find this century. No secret chambers behind ancient Egypt's young king Tutankhamen:... 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Sophocles wrote his play in the fifth century B.C., during a time of plague in Athens, and Shakespeare lived through the Bubonic plague, so both playwrights undoubtedly had widespread sickness in mind as they wrote. A Plague on Your Houses: Reading Covid-19 Into Disease Onstage 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The city fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1450, but its castle dates back to the 4th century B.C.; the resulting cultural mix is visible in the ensemble of byzantine churches and mosques. In Albania, age-old traditions and Mediterranean beaches on the cheap 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z According to Cyrus the Great, the 6th-century B.C. conqueror who formed the Persian Empire, “soft lands breed soft men.” Review | We may not be able to leave the house, but these transporting books whisk us to Central Asia 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Some of the earliest narratives of divine retribution go back to 2000 B.C. Are natural disasters part of God’s retribution? 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z The early objects here are especially entrancing, including the smallest of all: a gold and silver standing male figure in a tight gown with big, loose sleeves, dating back to fourth or third century B.C. Art Review: Big Continent, Much to See 2011-03-17T22:21:07Z The godfather of colossal statues, made by the most famous of the early Greek sculptors, was the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, sculpted by Phidias around 453 B.C. How we lost the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z The Apulian civilization, which arose in southern Italy along the Adriatic Sea from the 9th to the 3rd century B.C., was influenced by nearby Greek colonies. Looking for a Stolen Idol? Visit the Museum of the Manhattan D.A. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The urns confiscated this year were identified as belonging to the Cacni family, a wealthy local clan, and date from the third and second centuries B.C. Etruscan Artifacts Looted by Amateurs Are Prize Objects 2013-07-05T21:58:28Z It includes scores of busts and a veritable who’s who of classical mythology, dating from the fifth century B.C. to the fourth century A.D. A Storied Collection of Ancient Sculpture Will Finally See the Light 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Nefertiti died in the 14th century B.C. and is thought to be Tutankhamun's stepmother. Egypt's economic crisis weighs heavily on heritage: minister 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z And what should be understood about one of the longest, most revered works of the Western canon since its emergence in 8 B.C.? Solo actor tackles 'An Iliad' at Seattle Rep 2010-04-08T20:15:00Z Boasting a profound history and magical light, Lisbon is believed to have been settled around 1200 B.C. by the Phoenicians, who aptly named it Allis Ubbo, or "safe harbor." Lisbon Insiders Reveal the City's Best Restaurants, Hotels and Shopping Destinations 2014-02-27T05:00:00Z Gas and booze cost more in B.C., thanks to higher taxes. How to ski (and stay) at Whistler without breaking the bank 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The three first-century B.C. fresco fragments depicting human figures, for example, were stolen on June 26, 1957, from the Culture Ministry offices at Pompeii. 25 Looted Artifacts Return to Italy 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z In market terms, the London dealer’s 3rd century B.C. bird is unique, and when you deal with the unique, trends are irrelevant. Art: At Maastricht, the Great Art Is Getting Scarce 2011-03-18T13:00:34Z They illustrate little known facets of the art that flourished across the southeastern Iranian world, now the state of Afghanistan, between the late third millennium B.C. and the first or second century A.D. Art Review: Murky Exploration of an Iranian Past 2011-05-27T12:00:04Z One of the show’s most delightful pieces is a pitcher shaped like a hippopotamus, from about 1700-1550 B.C. Art Review: Partnerships and Power Shifts Between Two Mighty Lands 2011-03-24T22:13:08Z The excellently preserved figurine was transported to a lab and initial examination indicates it dates from the Geometric period of ancient Greek art, roughly 1050 B.C. to 700 B.C. Ancient bronze figurine of bull uncovered in southern Greece 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z She left Seattle before fame, and broke through in Vancouver, B.C., which has led some to believe she has bad feelings about her home region. Americana cavalcade ? Neko Case, Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss 2011-06-29T23:36:04Z Dating to 50 B.C. and valued at $1 million, it depicts an infant Hercules strangling a snake sent by Hera to slay him. Michael Steinhardt, Billionaire, Surrenders $70 Million in Stolen Relics 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Liam wanted to see Troy, but once we discovered there wasn’t a lot left of it to see, we settled on visiting the ruins of Ephesus, which date to the 10th century B.C. On an international vacation, even unplugged teens find Turkish delights 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The Vancouver, B.C., artist studied in Aix-en-Provence, France, and "returns often to recapture the life, light and spirit of Provence," according to the gallery. 20 Buck Shuck, plus 12 things to do this week 2013-01-14T19:33:32Z Persia, under Darius I, colonized the area in the sixth century B.C. Art Review: When East Met West Under the Buddha?s Gaze 2011-08-10T23:20:02Z Almost all the statues and decorative motifs in the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill were in that material until it burned down in 87 B.C. Review: The Face of Captive Greece in Rome 2010-08-13T15:41:00Z Another bronze vessel in the princess’s tomb looks back to 13th century B.C. types. Review: Groundbreaking Picture of China 2010-11-19T12:36:00Z An hour from Campeche lies the pristine Mayan site of Edzna, which dates to the seventh century B.C. Spring-break alternative: A road trip across Yucatán Peninsula 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The show’s opening minutes are a countdown, year by year, from 2000 B.C. to the present, with the digits projected on a screen, while sound effects capture the changing tempo of time’s march. Review: ‘Western Society,’ It’s a Selfie World After All 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Historians estimate that people probably first settled the Antilles in the fifth millennium B.C.; archaeological evidence of these earliest arrivals is scarce, though the word “canoe” is also of Taino origin. The Art of Caribbean Exchange, in Gold, Stone or Hardwood 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Informed by historical battles, like Agincourt in 1415 and Cannae in 216 B.C., as well as films like Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran,” the sequence was brutal to watch and enormously complicated to pull off. Miguel Sapochnik on ‘Game of Thrones,’ and Making 70 Horses Feel Like 3,000 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z More than 2,500 years separate Ms. Kong, a soft-spoken woman who wears pearl earrings and carries a Louis Vuitton bag, from her famous ancestor, who was born around 551 B.C. For Confucius and His Descendants, a Cultural Comeback 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z But much like the canvas tents erected each year for homecoming — under which students and alumni mingle and rekindle old friendships — H.B.C.U.s provide shelter to grow. Welcome to Homecoming! 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z The earliest is a simple, tulip-shaped wine jar made in the sixth millennium B.C. in Transcaucasian Georgia, where viticulture was born. Italian Wine Museums Appeal to the Intellect, but Not the Palate 2010-12-28T00:06:02Z The word “hamantaschen,” a Yiddish term, is a reminder of the Jewish peoples’ deliverance from their enemy Haman, an official under the Persian King Ahasuerus, also known as Xerxes I, in the fifth century B.C. Thinking Outside the Triangle 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Experts date the vase, which is also known as a bell krater, to 360 B.C. and attribute it to the Greek artist Python, considered one of the two greatest vase painters of his day. Ancient Vase Seized From Met Museum on Suspicion It Was Looted 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z A rectangular headstone of a tomb, one of many from the Tayma’ or Teima oasis in the eastern region, is believed to date from the fifth or fourth century B.C. Review: 'Routes of Arabia'' Exhibition at Louvre Is Startling 2010-07-23T11:56:00Z Near the beginning of the third century B.C., the Republic of Rome faced an acute threat to its domination of the Italian peninsula. What the Fall of the Roman Republic Can Teach Us About America 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z It was commissioned by the Aventa Ensemble, a new music group in Victoria, B.C. 'Marilyn Forever' opera reveals composer Gavin Bryars' collaborative spirit 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z But by the early 1900s, nearly all H.B.C.U.s were degree-granting institutions that trained teachers, nurses, doctors, engineers and scholars. Welcome to Homecoming! 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z When in the ninth century B.C. the king of Babylon came into the presence of a cult statue of Shamash, “his heart rejoiced, and shining was his face.” Piecing Together God’s Body, From Head to Toe 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z That tale is about the Chu-Han Contention, the series of battles around 200 B.C. that established the Han dynasty. ‘Under Siege’ Review: A Heady Mix of Dance and Martial Arts 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Fortini says no one’s hypothesizing the sarcophagus actually ever contained the bones of Romulus who, with his twin Remus, established the city near the Tiber River around 753 B.C. and founded the kingdom of Rome. Roman Forum find could be shrine to Rome’s founder, Romulus 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Dr. Miller gave me a tour of the reconstructed Temple of Zeus — a fourth-century B.C. shrine where religious rites were performed, animals sacrificed — then he had to depart. An Olympic Odyssey: Where the Games Began 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z It dates to the Achaemenid dynasty — or the First Persian Empire — and experts said it was made sometime between 510 and 330 B.C., when Persepolis was sacked by Alexander the Great. Judge Orders Return of Ancient Limestone Relief to Iran 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z The jazz festival takes place June 22-July 2 in Vancouver, B.C. The Vancouver International Jazz Festival to feature Bellevue’s Ariel Pocock 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z The Culture Ministry dates the wall to the fourth century B.C. Alexander the Great’s Legacy Stirred Up by Excavation 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z One of the wildest and most biologically diverse ecosystems in the world is located where Alberta, B.C., and Montana converge, stretching along the Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains. In words and pictures, the story of the wild Rockies is revealed 2014-04-30T04:00:00Z The Hittite state had vanished by the seventh century B.C., wiped out by the Assyrians, who launched their assault from their power base in present-day Iraq. Review: 'Routes of Arabia'' Exhibition at Louvre Is Startling 2010-07-23T11:56:00Z Yale University’s Babylonian Collection contains some of the world’s oldest, carved into three tablets from approximately 1700 B.C. ‘Recipes are dead’: What the future of cooking might look like 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Flights to and from some European cities can cost substantially less out of Vancouver, B.C., than Seattle. Tricks and strategies for finding cheap airfares from Seattle 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Before Greek soldiers fought at the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C., they had to qualify at the Battle of 10K. Semper Fib: All-bogus military trivia from Style Invitational Week 1132 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Plan ahead for events across the Northwest and B.C.: Geography quiz: Name the Pacific Island inhabited by descendants of Bounty mutineers. 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z He begins his query with Diogenes, the eccentric fourth century B.C. philosopher who requested that his dead body be thrown over the city walls to be devoured by beasts. A Matter of Life and Death 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z The “Victorious Youth,” a life-size athlete crowned with an olive wreath, was long thought to be by Lysippus, or Lysippos in Italian, a Greek sculptor from the fourth century B.C. Italian Court Rules Getty Museum Must Return a Prized Bronze 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z By the first century B.C., the word began to be associated with devotion to the divine realm. From Biden’s giant Bible to Christian flags waved by rioters, "religion" means many different things 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z The small granite figure of an unidentified scribe carved between 1295 and 1070 B.C. shows a man looking alert and concerned. Exhibition Review: Finding Ancient Egypt's Sense of Humor 2011-05-20T18:30:05Z About half the surviving 5th century B.C. sculptures that decorated the Parthenon temple on the Acropolis are in the British Museum in London, which has long resisted Greek appeals for their return. Italy sending Parthenon fragment to Athens in nudge to UK 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z The scroll, which belongs to the Israel Antiquities Authority, is dated between the years 30 B.C. and 1 B.C. Ancient Copy of Ten Commandments Has First Showing in Israel 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Cicero made his name, for example, as a young Roman lawyer with his series of speeches, in 70 B.C., that attacked the shocking corruption of the former governor of Sicily, Gaius Verres. Against “Against [X]” 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z The predecessors of the Iranians carved small stone figures wearing costumes that call to mind the attire worn in the third millennium B.C. by the Sumerians, whose civilization flourished in the south of present-day Iraq. Art Review: Murky Exploration of an Iranian Past 2011-05-27T12:00:04Z In February, a new analysis concluded that the 19-year-old pharaoh most likely perished around 1324 B.C. of malaria, aggravated by a degenerative bone disease. King Tut treasures to visit Seattle in 2012 2010-04-14T02:59:00Z Cultivation of this plant has been a part of Indian cuisine and culture since the time of the Vedas, appearing in early scriptures from 1500 B.C. and thereafter. The surprising history of bhang, India’s edible cannabis drink 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z The run is one of the highlights in OTB's 2012-13 season, which also will encompass appearances by far-flung performing companies from Berlin, Mexico City and New York, as well as Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. Mark Morris world premiere part of On the Boards' 2012-13 season 2012-04-29T15:03:44Z Almost nothing is known of the man, except that he must have lived in Jerusalem in an era, starting circa 612 B.C., when Babylonian invaders repeatedly despoiled the land of the Jews. Entranced by Donatello 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z The Gauls, a Celtic tribe that inhabited what is now France, were a boorish bunch before Julius Caesar arrived in 58 B.C. and ushered in civilization. Q&A: Biking Hercules’ Way in France 2014-04-18T18:27:06Z The National Museum of the American Indian displays about 100 Pepper artifacts near the fourth-floor elevator entrance, mostly jasper and chalcedony blades that date back as far as 10,000 B.C. Antiques: George Hubbard Pepper Retrospective in New Orleans 2010-07-22T21:43:00Z Built between 427-424 B.C., while Athens was fighting Sparta for control of the Greek world, the building was dedicated to the city's patron goddess Athena in her revered capacity to bring victory in battle. AP Interview: Acropolis' Nike temple rises again 2010-09-07T12:52:00Z By the start of the first millennium B.C., the cults of Bast and other feline-goddesses were widespread, increasing the demand for ready-made votive sculptures for offerings. Art Review: ‘Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt’ at the Brooklyn Museum 2013-07-25T21:29:11Z Homer's heroes in the "Iliad," written sometime between 750 and 700 B.C., are not just deft fighters but also adroit talkers. The ancient history of adding insult to injury 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z My favorite piece was a crown found in Bernalda in the third century B.C., which was made of bronze leaves, carved terra cotta grapes and carved grasshoppers. Discovering the Ruins of Italy’s Ionian Coast 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z But I’ve always been taken by the image of a tiny band of settlers in the vast wilderness of an unknown world at the very dawn of recorded history, 4000 B.C. Video Game Review: New Worlds to Conquer, Even for Casual Rulers 2010-09-21T22:52:00Z That show will include among its 300 works a Greek drinking cup featuring the god Dionysius and satyrs that was made around 480 B.C. Museums Are Back, but Different: A Visitor’s Guide 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z But the stone artifacts, which date from the third millennium B.C., will not immediately be returned to their home country because of the ongoing civil war there. Yemen Gets Ownership of Artifacts, but Met Will Still Display Them 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Heroic nudes of Roman warriors began to appear in second century B.C. Review: The Face of Captive Greece in Rome 2010-08-13T15:41:00Z It will showcase items dating to 400 B.C. that tell the history of the oil-rich city on the Persian Gulf. Iraqi dictator’s palace becomes museum 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Dance forms all over Southeast Asia stem from the Natya Shastra, the treatise on the performing arts written between 200 B.C. and A.D. Critic?s Notebook: Nrityagram Dance and Other Indian Troupes in New York 2012-03-25T23:19:52Z An early network note suggested moving New Salem to New Hampshire, Williamson said, but as producers began scouting East Coast locations, they found Vancouver, B.C., offered a better financial deal for production. 'The Secret Circle' looks for magic in Washington setting 2011-09-07T21:42:07Z Thirty-four years ago, a 19-year-old girl from Nanaimo, B.C., typed a letter to Centrum asking to submit an audition tape. This year’s Jazz Port Townsend was very much a family affair 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z In 1977, when I was a struggling freelancer with a pregnant wife in Vancouver, B.C., The Short List: Rants about bad jobs in honor of Labor Day 2013-08-28T22:43:06Z It is turning out to be an exceedingly busy season for tragedians from the fifth century B.C. London Theater Journal: The Greeks All Over Again 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z The eight-lobed rosette is a solar symbol widespread in Iran by the early first millennium B.C. Art: Macedonia's Riches Before Alexander 2011-10-21T12:30:08Z Humankind's first known shellfish feast occurred sometime around 163,000 B.C., in a cave on the southern coast of South Africa. The absolute best way to cook shrimp, according to so many tests 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z To the right, the eight remaining pillars of the Temple of Saturn, built in 476 B.C. In Rome, Using ‘Roman Holiday’ as a Guide 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Travel north on I-5 and cross the border into Vancouver, then head west on B.C. 4 British Columbia road trips to consider while the US-Canada border is open 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Renton-based bluegrass group Northern Departure will join two Seattle bands — alternative pop band Fit For Hounds and quirky rock/pop group Tomten — along with last week's semifinal addition The Oh Wells, from Surrey, B.C. 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