Middle East
Previously unknown Indo-European language discovered in Turkey
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Scientists have discovered a fragment of a new Indo-European language preserved in the ancient Hittite capital of Boğazköy-Hattusha.
Arts & Culture
Editorial: Theft and woe at the British Museum should lead to change
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A scandal at the British Museum has led to a curator being fired for the theft of potentially thousands of objects and the resignation of the museum’s director. Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott argues it should lead to rethinking the structure of large institutions like the British Museum.
Editorial
Editorial: Coach Kennedy’s lies are business as usual at the U.S. Supreme Court
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Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott looks back at Kennedy vs. Bremerton, a U.S. Supreme Court case that eviscerated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and was proven this week to be based on a lie.
Arts & Culture
Editorial: Philanthropy is the problem
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Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott critiques the way philanthropy structures our ideas about the pagan past to match the priorities of museum mega-donors.
Editorial
Editorial: SCOTUS conjures conservative rulings out of thin air
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Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott reviews this season’s U.S. Supreme Court decisions.