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...Herodotus's famous text - seemed to be a myth. The Histories is lined with rumors and fantastical hearsay of ants that dig for gold, rings that make their bearers invisible and winged serpents that patrol remote mountain passes. But recent excavations in western Egypt by a team of Italian archaeologists may have unearthed traces of this long-lost army, entombed in the desert for some 2,500 years. (See TIME's photo-essay "Tutankhamun: The Boy King...
...Italian team now believe the rest of the army lies not far from the bulk of their discoveries, some 100 km south of Siwa. They have communicated their findings to the Egyptian government and its archaeological authorities, though the government has yet to make an official statement. Egypt's Supreme Council for Antiquities is notoriously territorial about excavations and, on occasion, prickly when having to hail the successes of foreign archaeologists. (Read about the discovery of the tomb of Antony and Cleopatra...
...hangout central for the world's creative types. Davide Grazioli, used to warmer climes, pulls his black woolly hat over his head and strides up Kastanien Allee - now dubbed Casting Alley because of all the wannabe film directors and actors who frequent its cafés. Grazioli is an Italian artist whose work includes unraveled embroideries from India and skulls made of organic incense. Three years ago, he moved to Berlin from Milan with his wife and young daughter, and though his German is rudimentary, he's reveling in the city. This year, he's branched out into "sustainable fashion...
...Leisure Principle It's 2pm on a Tuesday afternoon, and Davide Grazioli is sitting in a café with an Italian friend, Adalberto Andorlini, a producer who designs conferences. Tired of Milan, he and his family flew to Berlin and fell in love with it. "The kids didn't want to go back to Italy," Andorlini says. Life is very different from the pressure-cooker atmosphere he was once used to. "Here there's a community of people with a lot of free time to see one another," Andorlini says. "In Milan if you're not working...
This past Saturday was a night of firsts for guests of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In an all-French program, acclaimed Italian conductor, Fabio Luisi, and French pianistic upstart, Lise de la Salle, made their BSO debuts. While the concert did not feature the careful artistic consideration the BSO lends to its usual program of heavier masterworks, Luisi and de la Salle substituted a delightful helping of flair for the conventional dose of substance—a move that was quite appropriate for the lighter musical fare these particular pieces offered...