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...state of Veracruz. But they don't know much else. Indeed, Afro-Mexicans say that much of the history of los mexicanos negros is untaught or ignored by the rest of the country. Apart from Yanga, Afro-Mexicans claim Vicente Guerrero, who served briefly as President in the early 19th century and gave his name to the state of Guerrero, as one of their own, as well as revolutionary José María Morelos, who was executed by the Spaniards in 1815. (Read a story about an indigenous mother who might lose her child because she doesn't speak...
...creates everything from power suits to chocolate. Is there anything Giorgio Armani doesn't design? His latest project is the Cavour220 residences in Rome, housed in six buildings, including a 19th century monastery. Each of the 62 units has a unique floor plan and features materials like travertine and Eramosa limestone to blend past and present...
WASHINGTON Corcoran Gallery Feeling nostalgic for summer? Dive into "Sargent and the Sea"?more than 80 seascape paintings, watercolors and drawings from 19th century painter John Singer Sargent (Sept...
...Archaeology of Harvard Yard,” and explains their social implications. First offered in 2005, Archaeology 1130 is about to break ground for the third time. The first batch of Archaeology 1130/1131 students began digging in tandem with plumbing updates in front of Massachusetts Hall. Through studying 19th-century maps of the Yard and performing a ground-penetrating radar survey, professors discovered that the foundations of the Indian College founded by a charter in 1655 lay underneath Matthews Hall. Professor Christina Hodge describes the course as “an unusual kind of course at Harvard. There aren?...
Historically a warm-weather event, the 19th edition of the World Cup will be contested for the first time in Africa, in the continent's southernmost country. The tourney kicks off on June 11, with the final on July 11 in Johannesburg. South African winters are generally comfortable, but as this June's Confederations Cup showed, it can get frosty (28°?F, or -2°C) at night. Yet fans could be warmed by livelier games. Former German great Franz Beckenbauer has said, "The players like it. You can only play a fast game like this in the cool...