The True Story of the Monuments Men. Captain Robert Posey and Pfc. Lincoln Kirstein were the first through the small gap in the rubble blocking the ancient salt mine at Altausee, high in the Austrian Alps in 1945 as World War II drew to a close in May 1945. They walked past one sidechamber in the cool damp air and entered a second one, the flames of their lamps guiding the way. There, resting on empty cardboard boxes a foot off the ground, were eight panels of The Adoration of the Lamb by Jan van Eyck, considered one of the masterpieces of 15th-century European art.
In one panel of the altarpiece, the Virgin Mary, wearing a crown of flowers, sits reading a book. "The miraculous jewels of the Crowned Virgin seemed to attract the light from our flickering acetylene lamps," Kirstein wrote later. Their work was largely forgotten to the general public until an art scholar, Lynn H. "Without the [Monuments Men], a lot of the most important treasures of European culture would be lost," Nicholas says.
The Monuments Men. A List of Don’ts for Women on Bicycles Circa 1895. The Fraud of the Prince of Poyais. Dr. Bryan Taylor is Chief Economist of Global Financial Data. Charles Ponzi built the original Pyramid scheme; Michael Milken sold junk bonds; Nick Leeson was the rogue trader who broke Barings Bank; and Bernie Madoff bilked investors with trading that did not exist. All of these men were un-ambitious amateurs when compared to Gregor McGregor, the financial fraudster to top all fraudsters. Gregor McGregor was a very selfish swindler who returned nothing to any of his investors. At least Bernie Madoff and Charles Ponzi took some of the money they received from investors and returned it to perpetuate their Ponzi scheme, but Gregor McGregor kept all the money for himself. He also granted himself the title of Sir, as well as, Grand Cazique (Prince) of Poyais indicating his extreme self-confidence and narcicism.
The South American Bubble During the Napoleonic Wars, Spanish control over its South American colonies weakened and the colonists in those countries fought for their independence. Emlab.berkeley.edu/users/webfac/eichengreen/e115_sp11/mcgregor_poyais_115_1-25-11.pdf. Financial crime: The king of con-men. Gregor MacGregor. Gregor MacGregor (24 December 1786 – 4 December 1845) was a Scottish soldier, adventurer, land speculator, and colonizer who fought in the South American struggle for independence.
Upon his return to England in 1820, he claimed to be cacique of Poyais (also known as Principality of Poyais, Territory of Poyais, Republic of Poyais), a fictional Central American country that MacGregor had invented which, with his help, drew investors and eventually colonists. Early life[edit] MacGregor was born in the family house of Glengyle in Stirlingshire, Scotland on Christmas Eve 1786 to Daniel MacGregor, a sea captain with the East India Company, and Ann Austin, a doctor's daughter.[1] Little is known of MacGregor's early life but apparently he had at least one sister.[2] In 1803, at the age of 16, he joined the British Army and served in an infantry regiment, the 57th Foot.[3] By 1804 he had risen to the rank of lieutenant, an unusually rapid progression in the ranks.
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Middle East. The Enlightenment's 'Race' Problem, and Ours. The Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers and other thinkers on issues both timely and timeless. In 1734, Anton Wilhelm Amo, a West African student and former chamber slave of Duke Anton Ulrich of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, defended a philosophy dissertation at the University of Halle in Saxony, written in Latin and entitled “On the Impassivity of the Human Mind.” A dedicatory letter was appended from the rector of the University of Wittenberg, Johannes Gottfried Kraus, who praised “the natural genius” of Africa, its “appreciation for learning,” and its “inestimable contribution to the knowledge of human affairs” and of “divine things.” Kraus placed Amo in a lineage that includes many North African Latin authors of antiquity, such as Terence, Tertullian and St. Augustine. Why have we chosen to go with Hume and Kant, rather than with the pre-racial conception of humanity?
Leif Parsons In his lifetime, Amo was principally known as a legal theorist. Philosophers disagree. Justin E. Juba II. Coin of Juba II. Juba II (Iuba in Latin; Ancient Greek: Ἰóβας, Ἰóβα or Ἰούβας; [1]Tifinagh: ⵢⵓⴱⴰ ⵡⵉ ⵙⵙⵉⵏ Yuba wi ssin) or Juba II of Numidia (52/50 BC – AD 23) was a king of Numidia and then later moved to Mauretania. His first wife was Cleopatra Selene II, daughter of Greek Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Roman triumvir Mark Antony. Early life[edit] Juba II was a Berber Prince from North Africa. Restored to the throne[edit] Augustus restored Juba II as the king of Numidia between 29 BC – 27 BC. Mauretania[edit] When Juba II and his queen moved to Mauretania, they renamed their new capital Caesaria (modern Cherchell, Algeria), in honor of Augustus.
Cleopatra is said to have exerted considerable influence on Juba II's policies. The value and quality of Mauretanian coins became distinguished. Marriages and children[edit] Author[edit] Juba wrote a number of books in Greek and Latin on history, natural history, geography, grammar, painting and theatre. Natural history[edit] Ptolemy of Mauretania (North African ruler. Ptolemy of Mauretania. Ptolemy of Mauretania (Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖος, Latin: Ptolemaeus, 13 BC/9 BC-40) was a prince and the last Roman client King of Mauretania. Family and early life[edit] His father Juba II was the son of King Juba I of Numidia, who was descended from the Berber people of North Africa and was an ally to the Roman Triumvir Pompey.
His mother Cleopatra Selene II was the daughter of the Ptolemaic Greek Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and the Roman Triumvir Mark Antony. Ptolemy was of Berber, Greek and Roman ancestry. Ptolemy and his sister were the only known children of Juba II and Cleopatra Selene II to reach maturity[1]:252 and were among the younger grandchildren to Mark Antony. Through his maternal grandfather, Ptolemy was distantly related to Julius Caesar and the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Ptolemy was a first cousin to Germanicus and the Roman Emperor Claudius and a second cousin to the Emperor Caligula, the Empress Agrippina the Younger, the Empress Valeria Messalina and the Emperor Nero. District Six, Cape Town. District Six Location of District Six District Six in 2014 District Six memorial plaque ANC election poster linking rival parties to the history of forced removals. District Six (Afrikaans Distrik Ses) is the name of a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. The area of District Six is now partly divided between the suburbs of Walmer Estate, Zonnebloem, and Lower Vrede, while the rest is undeveloped land.
Creation and destruction[edit] The area was named in 1867 as the Sixth Municipal District of Cape Town. Government officials gave four primary reasons for the removals. On 11 February 1966, the government declared District Six a whites-only area under the Group Areas Act, with removals starting in 1968. Since the fall of apartheid in 1994, the South African government has recognised the older claims of former residents to the area, and pledged to support rebuilding. Area[edit] The District 6 area is situated in the city bowl of Cape Town.
Return[edit] Museum[edit] Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Women's History. For millennia, women have left their mark on the world, at times changing the course of history and at other times influencing small but significant spheres of life. Only in the past century, however, have concerted efforts been made to represent women's contributions more fully in history books. Consequently, changes in status for many women in modern times—the right to own property, to vote, and to choose their own careers—may obscure the accomplishments made by women of earlier eras. In selecting 300 influential women, Encyclopædia Britannica has included both contemporary women who are changing today's world and those whose contributions have endured through the ages. Some, though they lived centuries ago, are still alive in popular culture; music and poetry by the Roman Catholic abbess Hildegard can be heard in contemporary recordings, and Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji, one of the greatest works of Japanese literature, continues to inspire new translations.
Holocaust Resources for Teachers. CVET - Community Video Education Trust.