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Tiles of mystery ANTIQUITY A PRICELESS COLLECTION OF ROMAN MOSAICS HAS BEEN RESCUED FROM THE THREAT OF LOOTING AND FLOODING. YET, DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS OF A RECLUSIVE PHILANTHROPIST, IT REMAINS HIDDEN FROM VIEW IN THE VAULTS OF A TURKISH MUSEUM. ALASDAIR PALMER REPORTS
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GATHERING DUST IN THE DARK AND DINGY STOREROOMS of a museum in
south-east Turkey are some of the most extraordinary objects from the
era of antiquity ever discovered. Stacked in piles in the gloom,
locked up beyond sight or touch, lie more than 750 square metres of
Roman mosaic. I am told there are depictions of heroes and goddesses,
of sea monsters and river gods, animals, fish and birds, intricate
patterns and complex designs pulsating with colour.
Unfortunately, I can't tell you exactly what is in the hidden
collection, because I am not allowed to see it. No one is. I visited
the Gaziantep ...
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Moses Remains Incomparable;Hurdling Streak Has Ended; Achievements Unforgettable
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; In 1977, when Edwin Moses won the first of 122 straight races in the...year-old with an Afro hairdo. The Edwin Moses who lost for the first time since then last Thursday in Madrid is balding. Moses' decade-old winning streak was so phenomenal...
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Moses--Henry George's inspiration. (Religious Foundations of Social Policy).
Magazine article from: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
; ...JUNE, 1878, Henry George delivered his "Moses" lecture to the Young Men's Hebrew Association...According to Edward J. Rose (1968), the "Moses" Sermon expresses the essence of George...untainted teachings of the Hebrew codifier, Moses (Rose 1968:54-59; Barker 1955, 248...
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Moses.
Magazine article from: World and I
; ...Tales of the Bible and, most recently, Moses: A Life, both from Ballantine. His next...and deeply ironic tradition, the name of Moses is not invoked at all during the Passover...momentous events of the Exodus in which Moses played such a crucial role. The theological...
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Moses and the Angels
Magazine article from: Judaism
; Angelic Escapades Moses and the Angels. By ILEENE SMITH SOBEL...New York: Delacorte Press. 1999. Moses and the Angels is a unique, yet ultimately...and legends into the Torah's version of Moses, making the Torah's account, with its...
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Moses and his five commandments
Magazine article from: ASEE Prism
; ...written by lifelong civil rights activist Robert P. Moses, examine how math is taught. Moses focuses on a program he developed that targets...Equations Math Lamb-Tand Lil Rights by Robert P. Moses and Charles E. Cobb, Jr. (Beacon Press, hard...
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Moses.(Short Story)
Magazine article from: Hopscotch
; ...someone to love." "I'm going to call you Moses," she told him. "I know I didn't find you...someone to love. Everywhere the girl went, Moses followed. When she went to school, Moses lay outside the house with his head squashed...
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Moses steps down in 3rd Ward
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL)
; Moses AURORA -- Now that a few candidates have...run for his seat, 3rd Ward Alderman Ron Moses will fulfill a vow he made more than two...said his time in office would be temporary. Moses, who was appointed to office in June 2000...
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Moses in Gotham: a three-part exhibition last spring reevaluated the contributions of Robert Moses, a visionary long vilified for running roughshod over New York City neighborhoods.(URBAN PLANNING)(Robert Moses and the Modern City)
Magazine article from: Art in America
; ...urban planners were more excoriated than Robert Moses (1888-1981), who, as longtime commissioner...biography of 1974, titled The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, where Moses was portrayed as an authoritarian figure who callously...
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Moses: man, manager & myth: searching the bulrushes for the real prophet. (Word Alive).
Magazine article from: Presbyterian Record
; ...to write "conclusion" to the life of Moses but it in no way ends the story. His is...origins and his story? Why this reference to Moses as myth? The Book of Deuteronomy is a...independence. It was written in the form of Moses' farewell address to Israel shortly before...
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Moses elected to lead the young lawyers.
Magazine article from: Florida Bar News
; ...the goals Orlando lawyer Jamie Billotte Moses hopes to accomplish when she assumes the...of the Bar's Young Lawyers Division. Moses, 34, recently defeated Paul J. Scheck...president-elect designate of the division. Moses will serve as president-elect for 2004...
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