Herodotus - News - Copernic

... (1925-79) and the 1979 revolution. For the Pahlavi shahs, Reza and Muhammad Reza, Iranian history was mostly Herodotus seen through the lens of European, and especially German, racial ...

Guardian Unlimited, Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:49:02 GMT [Found on Topix News]

Lit Hum a year later

Much has been said about the Core: It provides a firm grounding in the western canon; it contains too many dead white males; it is a perfectly good impetus for a hunger strike; it is one of...

Columbia Daily Spectator, Mon Nov 16 02:04:30 PST 2009 [Found on Yahoo! News]

The Vanished Army: Solving an Ancient Egyptian Mystery

... episodes of imperial overreach. One morning, while the army was taking breakfast, writes the ancient historian Herodotus in The Histories , it was set upon by "a violent southern wind,...

Time, Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:40:42 GMT [Found on Topix News]

Man Shot In Westfield

WESTFIELD - A Westfield man was killed overnight of an apparent gunshot wound. According to a news release from the Westfield Police Department, Jonathan D. Calvey, 25, of 41 Clinton St., W...

The Post-Journal, Sat Nov 14 22:17:31 PST 2009 [Found on Yahoo! News]

Lit Hum a year later

... year, in Contemporary Civilizations, Machiavelli references battles and historical figures straight out of Homer, Herodotus, and Thucydides. In Music Hum, we learn that Wagner, in writ...

Columbia Spectator, Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT [Found on Topix News]

Mysteries of the Nile

At the world's oldest tourist destination, Dugald Jellie steps from eternal sunshine into royal crypts and crowded souks.

Sydney Morning Herald, Fri Nov 20 16:18:21 PST 2009 [Found on Yahoo! News]

One Man's OpinionAMERICA Needs 'Moore' Democracy, Fewer Clich S

... The drowning capitalist refused to thank FDR, but instead complained that he had lost his hat! So it is today. Herodotus showed the rich pursuing more wealth and, in the process, destr...

American Reporter, Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:54:12 GMT [Found on Topix News]

Mysteries of the Nile

At the world's oldest tourist destination, Dugald Jellie steps from eternal sunshine into royal crypts and crowded souks.

The Age, Fri Nov 20 16:05:14 PST 2009 [Found on Yahoo! News]

Digging up the past

... in 525 B.C. a oeWe have found the first archaeological evidence of a story reported by the Greek historian Herodotus,a Dario Del Bufalo, a member of the expedition from the University ...

The Bluffton News-Banner, Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:21:33 GMT [Found on Topix News]

Education should be more than just problem solving

... in our safe, unquestioned comfort zone, there must be a variety of books with their varieties of ideas: perhaps, Herodotus' Histories, Tabito's "Thirteen poems in praise of wine," "Wat...

The Daily Illini, Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT [Found on Topix News]

Lost Persian Army Found in Sahara

Herodotus wrote of a 50,000-man strong army that set out on foot into the Egyptian desert in 525 B.C. and was never heard from again until today.

Netscape, Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:50:15 GMT [Found on Topix News]

True tall tales

In the West, Herodotus is known as the Father of History. But the more we trusted the Greek historian who lived from 484 to 425 BC, the more he seemed to be a dodgy dad.

TheNational, Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:01:39 GMT [Found on Topix News]

Are these the bones of a legendary Persian army lost in the Sahara 2,5...

... which they reckon are the remains of the lost army of Persian King Cambyses II. According to the Greek historian Herodotus (484-425 BC), Cambyses, the son of Cyrus the Great, sent the ...

Daily Mail, Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:38:48 GMT [Found on Topix News]

One Man's OpinionAMERICA Needs 'Moore' Democracy, Fewer Clich S

... The drowning capitalist refused to thank FDR, but instead complained that he had lost his hat! So it is today. Herodotus showed the rich pursuing more wealth and, in the process, destr...

American Reporter, Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:28:35 GMT [Found on Topix News]