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...mostly from recent excavations and on display outside Sudan for the first time, help to fill in the outlines of human history from the Paleolithic period to the end of Ottoman rule in Sudan in 1885. A 200,000-year-old pebble found among raw ochre lumps on Sai Island in the Nile appears to be smeared with yellow and red pigment. If the color was consciously applied, the stone is one of the earliest indications of artistic expression ever found. Sandstone lions from the mid-1st century B.C. symbolize the Kushite state, and a gilded representation of a Kushite...
MEANWHILE IN GERMANY ... Foul Play Suspected German officials bemused by the disappearance of the visiting Sri Lankan national handball team were left red-faced when it emerged that the island doesn't have one. The 23-strong squad persuaded the German embassy in Colombo to issue them with visas for a month-long tour, but vanished from their lodgings in the southern town of Wittislingen soon after their arrival. They did play in one local tournament - and lost all their matches...
While Iceland may be frigid on the outside, it's molten lava on the inside. The most exciting evidence of the heat within is provided by the island's many geysers. Geysir, the original blowhole from which all others get their name, now lies dormant on a grassy slope below Bjarnfell Mountain, 120 km east of Reykjavik. But Geysir's neighbor, Strokkur, is positively explosive; thousands flock yearly to watch it fire off a dazzling 30-m spout of scalding water every few minutes. Icelanders take full advantage of their country's volcanic potential: when the mercury drops, they warm...
...reality is—as last year’s assaults demonstrated—the city of Cambridge is not as safe as it appears, and the Harvard campus is not an island oasis of safety. The University and the area community are inextricably linked and intertwined. It is the responsibility of both to take action to protect students and residents whenever possible. We’re positive that George Washington wouldn’t mind—even if the blue lights are historically inappropriate...
Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) moved the salad bar inside the serving area, opened the kitchen to make the chefs and food viewable, created detached island-like serving counters and instituted a policy of preparing smaller sizes to keep the food fresher...