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Tel Kabri. Photo: Eric H. Cline. A lot of planning and hard work goes into making every archaeological excavation season a success. This is seen not only during the season itself, but also in the months leading up to it and in the years following it...

“PLEASE, WRITE A GOOD PROPAGANDA PIECE on the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea,” Kim, one of my two minders, pleads with me (i.e., strongly recommends) when we separate at Pyongyang airport after a week together. Having spent his entire life saturated...

Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Kimberly Chun, Dennis Harvey, Lynn Rapoport, Sam Stander, and Sara Maria Vizcarrondo. For rep house showtimes, see Rep Clock. OPENING Baggage Claim A flight attendant (Paula Patton) searches high...

April 17 In History 69: After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. The year 69 was called “The Year of the Four Emperors” because four different claimants held the position in this brief period of time.  According to Rome...

By MICHAEL HOWARD — Every visible thing in the world is put under the charge of an angel.  – St Augustine In 2002 the British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph reported that the Vatican had banned the veneration of those angels who...