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ART AND CULTURE - November 2021

Nov 2021

Dec 01, 2021

Work of Indian Photographers Displayed at Israel Embassy's Hanukkah Exhibition

The Israel Embassy in India exhibited photographs of Indian photographers during a cultural photo gallery event organised to mark the occasion of Hanukkah. The photo gallery showcased the cultural history of Israel's ancient capital Jerusalem through the camera lenses of Indians.
Titled 'Transcending Jerusalem', the exhibition presented the work of three Indian photographers who went to Jerusalem and captured the Holy City from an Indian perspective.
The photo exhibition was curated by Dr. Alka Pande and is open to the public from November 30 to December 15 at Museo Camera Centre for the Photographic Arts, Gurugram.

Nov 27, 2021

Ancient Roman Villa with Magnificent Mosaic Unearthed in UK

The 1,700-year-old mosaic, part of the ruins of the ancient Roman villa complex in Rutland, England, is the first example in the UK displaying scenes from Homer's The Iliad, and one of only a handful from across Europe.
The ancient Roman villa complex was discovered beneath a farmer's field.
The ancient complex is surrounded by a range of other buildings and features revealed by a geophysical survey and archaeological evaluation, including what appear to be aisled barns, circular structures and a possible bath house, all within a series of boundary ditches.
The remains of the mosaic depict part of the story of the Greek hero Achilles.

Nov 24, 2021

Evidence of Hanukkah's Maccabee Rebellion Unearthed in Israel

Archaeologists have discovered the burned remains of an ancient Hellenistic fortress in Israel that fell to Jewish rebels more than 2,000 years ago.
A guerrilla army called the Hasmoneans, also known as the Maccabees, defeated and set fire to the citadel during the revolt that is commemorated by the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. Researchers recently found the ruined stronghold at a site in the Lachshish Forest in the foothills of the Judean Mountains in southern Israel, representatives with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).

Nov 22, 2021

Archaeologists Discover the World's Oldest Jewelry

In a cave in the western Morocco desert, archaeologists discovered the world's oldest jewelry: a set of shell beads dated from 142,000 and 150,000 years ago.
Made from half-inch-long sea snail shells, the 33 beads turned up during excavations conducted between 2014 and 2018 near the mouth of Bizmoune Cave, about 10 miles inland from the coastal city of Essaouira.
The archaeologists used uranium-series dating, which measure the radioactive decay of uranium, to test the age of the beads and the surrounding layers of ash and sediment. The beads come from two sea snail species: the Columbella rustica, from the dove snail family, and Tritia gibbosula, commonly called the swollen nassa.

Thousands of Venezuelan Musicians Set World's Largest Orchestra Record

Thousands of Venezuelan musicians, most of them children and adolescents, have earned the title of the world's largest orchestra. The record was set by 8,573 musicians.
Guinness World Records announced that the musicians, all connected to the country's network of youth orchestras, earned the designation with a performance a week earlier of Tchaikovsky's Slavonic March".
The musicians, ranging in age from 12 to 77, attempted the record during a patriotic concert at a military academy in the capital of Caracas. To set the record, more than 8,097 had to be tallied playing at the same time during a five-minute period of Tchaikovsky's piece.
The network of orchestras known as El Sistema, or The System, assembled some 12,000 musicians for the concert.
The previous record belonged to a Russian group that played that country's national anthem.

Nov 18, 2021

Tamil Film 'Koozhangal' to be Screened at IFFI 2021

Tamil film 'Koozhangal' will be screened at the Indian Panorama segment in the 52 International film festival Goa. 'Koozhangal' is also India's official entry for Academy Award for Oscars. It is a story about the relationship between an alcoholic, abusive husband and his wife. The story is from the viewpoint of their Child.
The 52 International Film Festival of India will be organized from 20 -28 November 2021 in Goa. The International Film Festival of India is one of India's biggest international film festivals.

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