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Review: Irving Finkel’s The Ark Before Noah

Reviews | November 30, 2014

Ottoman Period Noah’s Ark illumination from Sultanahmed Bazaar, Istanbul (Photo P. Hunt 2014) By Patrick Hunt – The Atrahasis Flood Tablet I first...

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The Muse of History

Reviews | March 28, 2011

By Staff What intellectual “postcard” should we choose to send ourselves from any great repository of history? Several of our Electrum Magazine staff-members...

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Archive for: British Museum

Review: Irving Finkel’s The Ark Before Noah

The Muse of History

Lausanne Cathedral’s Marvelous Bestiary: When a Dog is Not a Dog

Russia’s Most Beautiful Gem: St. Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow

Leanda de Lisle’s The White King Opens Up A Marvelous Window

Tang Dynasty Terracotta Lady Tomb Figurines: Endearing Subtle Whimsy