EditorialA Central Park staff member peers through binoculars at Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo, in New York on Feb. 9, 2023. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialA Central Park staff member peers through binoculars at Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo, in New York on Feb. 9, 2023. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialA Central Park staff member peers through binoculars at Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo, in New York on Feb. 9, 2023. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialClay model of a sheep's liver (used by experts in divination). Old Babylonian, about 1900-1600 BCE Probably from Sippar, southern Iraq. Length: 14.6 cm Width: 14.6 cm ANE 92668 The Babylonians believed that the world was controlled by gods and that the...
EditorialThe Sacred Hawk of the Land of the Gods appears as a good omen . Shinkoku reiyō kichō no tōfū. January 1895. Source: 16126.d.2 (42). Language: Japanese.
EditorialShah Isma'il and 'Ala' al-Dawla (Dhu'l-qadr) watching their dogs fighting each other and regarding the fight as an omen of the outcome of their own forthcoming battle. History of Shah Isma'il. Isfahan, Iran, c.1650. Source: Or. 3248, f.137. Language: P...