August is here and for many of us, so are the summer holidays. Whether you're relaxing in the country, lounging on a beach, or enjoying a city break, a good book can make all the difference.
It houses some of ancient Mesopotamia's rarest artifacts, but what is even harder to find at Iraq's National Museum are visitors.
Iraq's National Museum is partnering with Google to offer a virtual tour of the museum. CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom reports.
There might have been hardly an Iraqi fan in Jakarta's Bung Karno stadium on July 29, 2007, but it hardly mattered; not anymore. The Iraqi national team had gotten used to not playing in front of its own supporters. Baghdad, with its burning sectarianism, long had been off-limits for the game's fans, managers and, of course, its players.
From the Epic of Gilgamesh, composed in Mesopotamia 4,000 years ago, to Evan Almighty -- Hollywood's 2007 take on the Noah's Ark story -- floods and their catastrophic effects have long provided inspiration for storytellers.
When the Roman Emperor Hadrian came to power in 117AD he inherited an empire that was overstretched militarily and creaking at the seams.
Soprano Hila Plitmann, from 'The Da Vinci Code' soundtrack, sings with the Atlanta Symphony at Carnegie Hall.
"The Here and Now" might well be subtitled "Redeeming Rumi." As if to save us from the new-age squish of much contemporary rediscovery of the 13th-century Persian poet's work, Christopher Theofanidis' 33-minute sonic salon is an exhilarating setting bound for a Carnegie Hall debut April 5.
Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 3. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays, click here.
Why shoes are called "pumps" and other strange-but-true stories behind the clothes and accessories you know and love.
Violence dampens Iraq victory
Ask Guy Deutscher about a flower, and you get a mini-history of the evolution of language.
We spent some time recently with a doctoral dissertation called The Nur-Sin Archive, which is more fun to read than the average thesis and also bears a more interesting message. Produced by Laurenc...
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