actually introduced the practice of regular shaving. The belief that the beard denotes wisdom was widespread in ancient China, and the cult of the beard has been dominant in Middle Eastern cultures from ancient times to the recent past. As a symbol of virility and status, the beard has often...
The belief that the beard denotes wisdom was widespread in ancient China, and the cult of the beard has been dominant in Middle Eastern cultures from ancient times to the recent past. As a symbol of virility and status, the beard has often acquired religious significance. Muhammad enjoined ...
Taking as her starting point images from the holdings of the National Portrait Gallery, London, writer and art historian Lucinda Hawksley explores the history of facial hair, from prehistoric times to the present day. By way of introduction, she investigates the Pharaonic beard in ancient Egypt, ...
As the only known source of mithril in Middle-earth, the wealth of Khazad-dûm was spectacular.By tradition, at times the royal house of the Longbeards would produce an heir so similar to their founder that he was also given the name of Durin. Of these, Durin III was a great friend...
Gay cancer, said the Times. Dudes dropping like mayflies. And that morning: the call. Hugh in Harlem Hospital. From Hugh’s mother, whose remembered Christmas ham had no equal on this earth. When she said everything was going to be fine, MacReady knew she was lying. Not to spare his...
But, as Father Brown's version rather minimized his own part in the matter, it is here re-told in a more impartial2 style. It arose out of a playful passage of arms, in which the professor was very scientific and the priest rather sceptical. "My good sir," said the professor in ...