What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”

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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks com­posed songs meant to be accom­pa­nied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and var­i­ous per­cus­sion instru­ments. More than 2,000 years lat­er, mod­ern schol­ars have final­ly fig­ured out how to recon­struct and per­form these songs with (it’s claimed) 100% accu­ra­cy.

Writ­ing on the BBC web­site, Armand…

The 63 Cuisines of China Explained in 40 Minutes: A Complete Primer

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Wher­ev­er in the world you grew up, you prob­a­bly grew up with an inac­cu­rate idea of Chi­nese food. For Amer­i­cans, it can come as a shock to hear that such famil­iar dish­es as chop suey and Gen­er­al Tso’s chick­en are unknown in Chi­na itself. By the same token, almost every coun­try in the world has…

Unlock AI’s Potential in Your Work and Daily Life: Take a Popular Course from Google

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Gen­er­a­tive AI is rapid­ly becom­ing an essen­tial tool for stream­lin­ing work and solv­ing com­plex chal­lenges. How­ev­er, know­ing how to use GenAI effec­tive­ly isn’t always obvi­ous. That’s where Google Prompt­ing Essen­tials comes in. This course will teach you to write clear and spe­cif­ic instructions—known as prompts—for AI. Once you can prompt well, you can…

Explore an Online Archive of 2,100+ Rare Illustrations from Charles Dickens’ Novels

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As Christ­mas­time approach­es, few nov­el­ists come to mind as read­i­ly as Charles Dick­ens. This owes main­ly, of course, to A Christ­mas Car­ol, and even more so to its many adap­ta­tions, most of which draw inspi­ra­tion from not just its text but also its illus­tra­tions. That 1843 novel­la was just the first…

The BBC Creates Step-by-Step Instructions for Knitting the Iconic Dr. Who Scarf: A Document from the Early 1980s

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When Jon Per­twee rein­car­nat­ed into Tom Bak­er in 1974, the Fourth Doc­tor of the pop­u­lar sci-fi show Doc­tor Who ditched the fop­pish look of vel­vet jack­ets and frilly shirts, and went for the “Roman­tic adven­tur­er” style, with flop­py felt hat, long over­coats and, most icon­i­cal­ly, his mul­ti­col­ored scarf.

Fan…