Category: CULTURE
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Cavafy’s Cultural Politics and the Poetics of Liminality
Probing the work of C. P. Cavafy has been intriguing for me, not only because he is one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century European aesthetic culture, but also for another reason: as Cavafy records in his diary of his first trip to Greece in 1901 (written in English), he was positively predisposed toward…
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Archaeologists uncover 17 mummies in Egyptian necropolis
An Egyptian archaeological mission has found a necropolis holding at least 17 mummies near the Nile Valley city of Minya, in the first such find in the area, the antiquities ministry said on Saturday. The discovery was made in the village of Tuna al-Gabal, a vast archaeological site on the edge of the western desert.…
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Movie review: ‘The Promise’
Finally, a film on the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek genocide hit mainstream US theatres. I urge you to watch The Promise. It’s an epic movie. Actor Christian Bale plays a great character as Chris Myers, an American reporter, who exposes the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek genocide. Chris Myers was a true American reporter who reported…
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Treasure from Alexander the Great’s reign found in Azerbaijan
Ancient coins minted 2300 years ago were discovered in Kyzylkend village of Azerbaijan’s Imishli region. Villager Etiram Rzayev discovered nine coins with an image of Alexander the Great, ruler of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia. A group of specialists of Azerbaijan’s National Academy have already visited the village and explored the found coins. According to…