“Hamas is coming,” was scrawled in red across the face of the the Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain at Union Station, alongside slogans, such as “free Gaza” and “all Zionists are bastards.”
The San Lorenzo Monument, a replica of an Olmec colossal head Mesoamerica. Also known as El Rey, the monument is located on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. It is an exact replica of the giant head that was discovered at the Olmec site of San Lorenzo, Veracruz, Mexico. The artwork, weighing 18 tons and measuring approximately 10 feet tall, was sculpted from stone by artist Ignacio Pérez Solano. It is believed to depict an unknown ruler of the ancient Olmec culture that once flourished in southern Mexico. Carol M. Highsmith (born 1946) is a photographer, author, and publisher who has photographed all 50 of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for 30 years. She specializes in documenting architecture, ranging from the monumental to the everyday and whimsical. Highsmith is donating her life ’s work of more than 100,000 images, copyright-free, to the Library of Congress, which established a rare one-person archive. Out of 14 million images, the Carol M. Highsmith collection is featured in the top six alongside of Mathew Brady and Dorethea Lange. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
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In rural Alabama where Martin Luther King marched for civil rights, Flowers has waged a long fight for environmental justice
I caught up with co-founder of Epirus Traveller – Ioannis Smiris. We discussed all things regarding Epirus travel to bring you the ultimate guide to Epirus.
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Greek Americans have accumulated almost 500 years of rich Greek diaspora history. Check out the top 10 Greek American facts here.
For many years Stone Town in Zanzibar was a major centre for the slave trade. Slaves were taken from mainland Africa and traded with the Middle East (Oman, Saudi..). The Anglican Cathedral is built on the site of a former slave market and shows those statues. © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com
Weighing 18 tons on the grounds at UT Austin, an exact copy of the San Lorenzo Monument, first discovered at the Olmec site of San Lorenzo, Veracruz. The original is housed at the Museum of Anthropology in Xalapa. The Olmecs were an ancient Mesoamerican culture that flourished in southern Mexico 1500-400 BC.
Mathematics The invention of mathematics is placed firmly in African prehistory. The oldest known possible mathematical object is the Lebombo bone, which was discovered in
Two-week Ecuador itinerary includes a tour of Quito, visiting the Otavalo market and cloud forest, and taking in the spectacular Galapagos Islands.
How often do you feel "passionate" about something? These days, the word gets thrown around with such abandon that it's lost its meaning. However, it does
one of timbuktu's three great mosques which later became one of the first known universities in the world. built in 1581. (hdr)
Gondar Castle, The Camelot of Ethiopia. We visit the Royal Enclosure of Gondar and walk amongst the remains of Ethiopia's emperors.
Catherine the Great, also known as Catherine II was an empress that championed the Greek diaspora in Russia and abroad. Learn about Catherine the Great.
The core of European Jewish life thus seems to be eroding faster than that of the more marginal participants.The clouded future of Western European Jewry published first on
Did you know about seven eight Black liberation monuments? Check out this post to see inspiring statues around the world that highlight and honor the resiliency of Black people throughout history
