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Hidden Above a Trap Door, 17th-Century Frescoes Come to Light

admin24 April 2025

Imagine mounting a scaffold in the atrium of a historic Roman estate. You spy a small trap door in the vaulted ceiling; on inspection the hatch opens into a cavity between the new ceiling and an older one. In the older ceiling is a second trap door ...

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How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome? A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Offers a Guide.

admin24 April 2025

It may not have been the tax-evasion trial of the century — the second century, that is — but it was of such gravity that the defendants faced charges of forgery, fiscal fraud and the sham sale of slaves. Tax dodging is as old as taxation itself, but ...

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The Marriage, and Ménage à Trois, That Changed Art History

admin24 April 2025

“Gabriële” considers a writer and pivotal figure of the 20th-century avant-garde who nurtured the talents of others.

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Peeking Into Joan Didion’s Years of Psychological Thinking

admin24 April 2025

Drawn from her previously unpublished reflections on sessions with a therapist, “Notes to John” is at once slightly sordid and utterly fascinating.

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Wildfire Burns in 3,200 Acres of New Jersey Forest Area

admin24 April 2025

The fire in the Pine Barrens led to the evacuation of 3,000 residents and the shutdown of a stretch of the Garden State Parkway.

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For a Times Reporter Who Covered Him, Francis Was Always a Surprise

admin24 April 2025

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was my pick to be elected pope. I was wrong. It was 2005, and the Argentine cardinal, a South American Jesuit known for riding the bus, ticked many of the boxes that church experts told me needed to be ...

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6 Killed as Giant Waves Batter Australia

admin24 April 2025

The victims fell or were swept into the ocean, according to the police, as swells pounded Sydney and other places along the country’s east coast. At least two others were missing.

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Democrats Hold Meetings in El Salvador, Seeking Release of Maryland Resident

admin24 April 2025

Four House Democrats traveled to El Salvador on Monday to press for the release of a Maryland resident who was mistakenly deported there last month, and to demand updates on him and other migrants who are imprisoned there. The visit was the latest ...

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Inside the ‘Tropical Gulag’ in El Salvador Where U.S. Detainees Are Being Held

admin24 April 2025

A U.S. senator was allowed to meet with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, but he was denied access to where Mr. Abrego Garcia had been held. What is that prison like?

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How a Funeral Director Brought Wind Power to Rural Missouri

admin24 April 2025

Eric Chamberlain was at work, driving a hearse, when he first caught sight of the wind turbine that would set him on a path to change the fortunes of his hometown. It was the mid-2000s, and Mr. Chamberlain was leading a funeral procession in Iowa ...

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