While a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz history professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient artifacts in Syria marked with an alphabetic script whose meaning still remains ...

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Having found his idealism betrayed in America, Serbian-born screenwriter and playwright Steve Tesich produced an unlikely and ...

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International Theatre Festival of India In Collaboration with Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Colombo University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo 6-9 February 2025 Tower Hall Theatre, Colombo ...

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