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The science of physics, Aristotle stresses, contains almost all there is to know about the world. Were there no separate forms-entities such as the unmoved mover at the pinnacle of the cosmos-which are without matter and are not part of the physical world, physics would be what Aristotle calls first philosophy ( Metaphysics 6.1, 1026a27-31).

Aristotle's Physics

Machaut's motets and other cool stuff.

Not the ones in the Book of Mormon

Discusses the discovery of the statue "Venus of Willendorf". Also explains and interprets the characteristics of the statue.

Her great age and pronounced female forms quickly established the Venus of Willendorf as an icon of prehistoric art. She was soon included in introductory art history textbooks where she quickly displaced other previously used examples of Paleolithic art. Being both female and nude, she fitted perfectly into the patriarchal construction of the history of art.

Great film adaptation of the Sermon on the mount

A chanson or isorhythmic motet by Machaut

Article with parallels between the Sermon and Third Nephi

Did you ever wonder why male figures in ancient Greek art are almost always nude? You probably didn't. It's something that we all take for granted, but it really is a curious thing. This is a famous sculpture because it is one of the oldest free-standing sculptures of a human from Ancient Greece.

blake was signed in on my comp. not his link

Not too long but provides a good overview of the Mongol Empire

Ancient Pueblo peoples or Ancestral Pueblo peoples were an ancient Native American culture centered on the present-day Four Corners area of the United States, comprising southern Utah, northern Arizona, northwest New Mexico, and southern Colorado. They lived in a range of structures, including pit houses, cliff dwellings, and pueblos, designed so that they could lift entry ladders during enemy attacks, which provided security. Archaeologists referred to one of these cultural groups as the Anasazi, although the term is not preferred by contemporary Pueblo peoples.

cool way to learn about each chapter in Genesis quickly. also could inspire some good ideas for the final project.

Babylonian Creation Myth, free preview of printed book, available pages are explanation, summary, facts of discovery of the tablets and this myth.