Greek Readers Challenge Hollywood's Claim on The Odyssey
X litigates Nolan's Odyssey down to who was cast as Helen; the Greeks who read Homer every school year say fidelity was never theirs or Hollywood's to own.
Culture
Archaeologists Name an Eighth-Century Maya Mathematician
Take only the lone-genius version of Sak Tahn Waak and you miss the real shift: a Maya culture moving authority from spoken word to a signed, written claim.
Cuban Rights Group Files Petition for Missing Artist
A dissident artist was pulled from prison two days before his sentence ended and vanished; a 72-hour habeas clock now decides whether Cuba calls it release or disappearance.
Poll Finds Generational Split in American Jewish Identity
Only 4 in 10 younger religious Jews call supporting Israel core to their identity versus half of elders; reading it as one referendum on Israel misses an identity shifting toward practice.