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Screaming Mummy Mystery
Surrounded by contradictions, the mummy known as Unknown Man E has fascinated Egyptologists for over a century. Mystery of the Screaming Man : FRI NOVEMBER 21 9P et/pt : http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/expedition-week/3914/Overview...
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Examining A Lost Queen
A team of forensic experts is on a mission for Nefertiti and a lost dynasty.
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty :
MON JULY 16 9P et/pt :
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/video/?source=4003
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The Real Cleopatra
Religious rituals carried Cleopatra's message, "I am a deity, Caesar is a deity, and our child is the product of a divine union."
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Of Temples, Towers, Altars, and Fire Worship: The Ritual Landscape at Persepolis
Join Mark B. Garrison, Alice Pratt Brown Distinguished Professor of Art History, Trinity University, as he discusses the role of fire in Persian religions, including Zoroastrianism. Using glyphs and reliefs from Persepolis, he outlines the...
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82nd & Fifth: Roman Spoon & Fork
http://www.metmuseum.org/82nd-and-fifth/fine-dining Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/silver-spoon-and-fork-roman-2006.514.3 "It's the smaller objects that really speak to you directly as an individual, as a person."...
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82nd & Fifth: Bodhisattva
http://www.metmuseum.org/82nd-and-fifth/pensive Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/pensive-bodhisattva-korea-2003.222 "It's more about contemplating the notion of a being or a world that is beyond the one that...
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82nd & Fifth: Canopic Jar
http://www.metmuseum.org/82nd-and-fifth/enigma Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/canopic-jar-with-a-lid-in-the-shape-of-a-royal-womans-head-egypt-upper-egypt-thebes-valley-of-the "It seems to me that aesthetically...
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82nd & Fifth: Eros
http://www.metmuseum.org/82nd-and-fifth/enamored Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/bronze-statue-of-eros-sleeping-greek-43.11.4 It's so quiet that you don't think of it as so radical, but actually it's very rare...
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82nd & Fifth: Kouros
http://www.metmuseum.org/82nd-and-fifth/naked-authority Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/marble-statue-of-a-kouros-youth-greek-attic-32.11.1 His power resides in his beautiful body and the steadfast gaze...
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82nd & Fifth: Cylinder Seals
http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/sealed Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/cylinder-seal-and-modern-impression-nude-bearded-hero-wrestling-with-a-water-buffalo-bull-man-wrestling-with-lion-mesopotamia-41.160.281...