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YUBNUB.NEWSTim Walz Suggests ICE Is Trumps Modern-Day Gestapo In Commencement SpeechReaders, Instead of sucking up to the political and corporate powers that dominate America, The Daily Caller is fighting for you our readers. We humbly ask you to consider joining us in this fight.0 Commentaires 0 Parts 65 Vue
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YUBNUB.NEWSThere It Is! Legacy Media to Use Bidens Cancer to Deflect from Role in Hiding His Cognitive DeclineAnd there it is! Journalists and their fellow Democrats are going to use President Joe Bidens prostate cancer announcement Sunday to stop talk about the massive coverup of his cognitive decline0 Commentaires 0 Parts 36 Vue
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YUBNUB.NEWSMargaret Brennan Refuses Marco Rubios Word That White South African Refugees Are Escaping GenocideIts been very telling watching journalists and their fellow Democrats go from We love refugees to We must stop these South African refugees because theyre white. People in the0 Commentaires 0 Parts 36 Vue
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YUBNUB.NEWSDonald Trumps Schedule for Monday, May 19, 2025Schedule Summary:President Donald Trump will sign a bill into law, participate in a law enforcement event, and attend the Kennedy Center Board Dinner on Monday.ALL TIMES EDT3:00 PM Sign a Bill into Law0 Commentaires 0 Parts 36 Vue
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WWW.THEHISTORYBLOG.COMSarcophagus of the Spouses restored in public viewThe Sarcophagus of the Spouses, a terracotta sarcophagus from the 6th century B.C. that is the most iconic masterpiece of Etruscan art, is undergoing an comprehensive new restoration in public view. The sarcophagus is the jewel in the crown of the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome.The sarcophagus is a monumental cinerary urn composed of a lower part in the shape of a kline, or bed, and a top part depicting a married couple reclining at a banquet. The spouses are the lid of the urn and the bed is where the ashes were kept. Their placid archaic smiles, spooning bodies and tender embrace testify to the loving bond between them Etruscan women were able to choose their spouses and love matches were common and to the finesse and skill of Etruscan pottery makers.The spouses were not the spouses when they were first discovered on April 9th, 1881, in the Etruscan Banditaccia necropolis of Cervetri. The sarcophagus was just a pile of more than 400 fragments unearthed on the estate of Prince Francesco Ruspoli, but archaeologist and founder the Villa Giulia museum Felice Barnabei saw a female head in the pile of fragments and knew it was something special. His father was a majolica maker and Barnabei had worked in his fathers workshop as a youth, so he had a particularly keen eye for earthenware. He recognized that all the fragments were from the same furnace fire and therefore part of a single large artifact (albeit fired in sections because it was far too large to be done in one fell swoop).The only comparable sarcophagus with spouses ever found had been discovered in the Banditaccia necropolis by the Marquis Campana in 1854 and bought along with another 10,000 works by Napoleon III in 1861 and installed in the Louvre. With the female head and half a male head among the fragments, Barnabei suspected it was another sarcophagus of the spouses and he wanted it for Romes new Etruscan museum. He had competition, however. The director of the Archaeological Museum of Etruria in Florence wanted the pile too. The fight over the fragments went on for 12 years, until in 1893 Barnabei finally made a larger enough offer than his competitor (4,000 lire) and got Prince Ruspoli to declare he would only cede the fragments to the Villa Giulia museum.The fragments were puzzled back together and the magnificent results became the emblem of the new museum and its greatest draw. A second intervention to maintain the work was performed 50 years ago. The new project will focus on studying the sarcophagus in detail to learn more about it and devise a plan for its long-term conservation and care. It will be laser scanned to create a 3D model, and plaster casts are being made of every section. A new mounting system is also being devised to replace the invasive (and corrosive) metal clamps with durable, strong and clean carbon fiber.The first phase of the work has already begun. Restorers are cleaning the surface of the section of the sarcophagus with the legs and feet and the spouses, her feet wearing delicate pointed shoes, his feet bare. Using cotton swabs, water and mild solvents to remove the old darked varnish that covers the terracotta.The restoration workshop will be opened to the public twice a week, on Tuesday and Thursday from 10 AM to 1 PM.0 Commentaires 0 Parts 66 Vue
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Today in History for 19th May 2025Historical Events1547 - Capitulation of Wittenberg: John Frederick I, Protestant Elector of Saxony, resigns after his capture by Catholic Hapsburg forces of Charles V at the Battle of Mhlberg,1932 - Revival of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's musical "Show Boat" opens at the Casino Theater, NYC; runs for 180 performances1935 - English Cardinal John Fisher and statesman Thomas More, both executed by Henry VIII, canonized as saints by Pope Pius XI1962 - US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)1995 - World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates from Mount SinaiMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1812 - Felix Zollicoffer, American journalist and Confederate Brigadier General who was killed in the Battle of Mill Springs, born in Maury County, Tennessee (d. 1862)1938 - James Bilbray, American lawyer and politician (Rep-D-Nevada 1987-95), born in Las Vegas, Nevada1948 - Boet van Dulmen, Dutch motorcycle racer (84 starts, 1 win, 4 podiums,1 pole; Finnish 500cc GP 1979), born in Ammerzoden, Netherlands (d. 2021)1962 - Iain Harvie, Scottish rock guitarist and songwriter (Del Amitri - "Roll To Me", "Nothing Ever Happens"), born in Glasgow, Scotland1968 - Jeanne Basone, American actor and professional wrestler (Hollywood in "GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling"), born in Glendale, CaliforniaMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1319 - Prince Louis, Count of vreux, son of King Philip III of France, dies at 431872 - Johan Hendrik van Dale, Dutch schoolmaster and lexicographer(Van Dale's Great Dictionary of the Dutch Language), dies of smallpox at 441984 - John Betjeman, poet (Mount Zion) and English Poet Laureate (1972-1984), dies at 772009 - Nicholas Maw, British composer, dies at 732009 - Herbert York, American physicist (b. 1921)More Famous Deaths0 Commentaires 0 Parts 61 Vue
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YUBNUB.NEWSJoe Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Form Of Cancer[unable to retrieve full-text content]The following article, Joe Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Form Of Cancer, was first published on Conservative Firing Line. Former President Joe Biden has been0 Commentaires 0 Parts 37 Vue
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YUBNUB.NEWSRubio, the Trump Doctrine, and the State Department Reorg[unable to retrieve full-text content]The secretary of state is taking serious steps to make the department work for the American people, not the world. The post Rubio, the Trump Doctrine, and the State0 Commentaires 0 Parts 35 Vue
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