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Rock relief at Merquli depicting a standing man, possibly a king. Credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Besides being a fortress for military use, the ancient mountain settlement of Rabana-Merquly in modern Iraqi Kurdistan could have also been a 'sanctuary' dedicated to the ancient Persian water goddess Anahita. Architectural structures by a natural waterfall, along with the…

Diablo IV's first holiday event, Midwinter Blight, will see players decorating Kyovashad's town square for the holidays starting December 12, all while fighting back against the minions of the Red-Cloaked Horror.Announced during the Diablo IV segment of BlizzCon 2023's opening ceremony, Blizzard has now shared more details about what exactly the event will encompass. For starters, the event is, strangely, only for seasonal characters. Assuming players have one, they can visit Gileon the bard in Kyovashad…

On paper, a genre-bending dystopian crime thriller boasting a star-studded cast that only cost $15 million to produce reads as a shoo-in for box office success, but the opposite proved to be true for Hotel Artemis. The feature-length directorial debut of Iron Man 3 scribe Drew Pearce clearly had a screenplay worth getting invested in, seeing as the stacked ensemble boasted Jodie Foster, Dave Bautista, Jeff Goldblum, Sterling K. Brown, Charlie Day, Zachary Quinto, Sofia Boutella, Brian Tyree Henry, Jenny Slate, and even…

Diablo Immortal's next update is set to introduce fishing to the demon-infested world of Sanctuary, an addition Blizzard says is a "first step" towards exploring the world of Diablo through a new lens.Come February 22 in the Americas (or today everywhere else in the world), Diablo Immortal players will be able to set aside their weapons and pick up a fishing rod instead. Anyone interested in fishing in the world of Sanctuary will need to complete an introductory quest first, after which they can travel to…

A U.S. federal judge has ruled against the nation’s largest biomedical agency in a long-running battle over the fate of dozens of former research chimpanzees. On Tuesday, a Maryland court declared that the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) violated federal law by not moving the animals out of biomedical facilities to a government sanctuary. The ruling could force the agency to transfer the great apes, though the details remain to be worked out. “We’re…

P-22, Los Angeles’ legendary mountain lion, is suffering from serious health issues and will not be released back into Griffith Park, according to officials, who said euthanasia is one option if his health deteriorates.When the big cat was hauled out of a Los Feliz backyard Monday, wildlife officials planned to give him a thorough examination in order to assess what may have led him to wander into residential areas recently and attack small pets. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife said no options are off the…

via Lionsgate Appealing to the deepest fears of the audience has regularly proven to be a surefire method of engagement, with the relentlessly intense survival thriller one of the most prominent examples. The prospect of being chased, terrorized, and tortured by mysterious assailants is a nightmare scenario that everyone fears, it’s just a shame that 2018’s Traffik had to depict it in such an uninteresting light. Paula Patton almost single-handedly elevates the run-of-the-mill genre flick through the sheer…

How would I describe Cubbon Park? That’s easy! Central to a weekend! — Paul Fernandes, artist, writer, designer and Bangalore’s pre-eminent visual chronicler Cubbon Park is an emotional issue for all Bangaloreans. This one space does not threaten to exclude anybody. Cubbon Park is not a tourist show-piece. The sustainability of a city is characterised by the righteous protection of its land. Parks and open spaces are created not out of political necessity or willingness, but by sheer necessity of survival within a…

via Warner Bros. A widely acclaimed thriller that landed a Certified Fresh Rotten Tomatoes score of 96 percent, hauled in almost $250 million at the box office on a $45 million budget, and ended up winning three Academy Awards including Best Picture hardly sounds like a lightning rod for controversy, but Ben Affleck’s Argo found itself in the crosshairs more than once. Participants in the operation that served as the backdrop for the semi-fictionalized retelling weren’t shy in pointing out the many failings and…

Oh give me a home, where the chocobo roam Update 6.2 dropped today for Final Fantasy XIV with an exciting new piece of content, the Island Sanctuary. Nature’s getaway from the worries of the mainland is now open to players, letting you while away the day gathering and crafting. To get your very own Island Sanctuary in Final Fantasy XIV, though, you’ll need to do a few quests. We’ve laid them out in plain steps below, so you can head right to the right blue quest marker. But before we get there, you’ll need to make sure…