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Fires burn tens of thousands of acres in Los Angeles area The Palisades Fire started burning around 10:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday and has scorched more than 17,000 acres between Santa Monica ...
For years, renowned fire experts Jack Cohen and Stephen Pyne have tried to shift the conversation on fire prevention strategies. This week's destruction, they say, could have been minimized.
The Trưng sisters (Vietnamese: Hai Bà Trưng, 𠄩婆徵, literally "Two Ladies [named] Trưng", c. 14 – c. 43) were Luoyue military leaders who ruled for three years after commanding a rebellion of Luoyue tribes and other tribes in AD 40 against the first Chinese domination of Vietnam. They are regarded as national heroines of Vietnam.
The Trung sisters' rebellion depicted in a Đông Hồ folk painting titled "Trưng Vuơng trừ giặc Hán" (徴王除賊漢 - Trung Queens eliminating the Han enemies). Trưng Trắc (徴側) sits on white elephant and Trưng Nhị (徴貳) on black elephant, accompanied by weapon-toting Lạc Việt soldiers; Han soldiers are felled and ...
Administered by University of California at Los Angeles, Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California 3070034 [82] Figure for Landscape: Barbara Hepworth: Modeled 1960. Cast 1968. Getty Center Forecourt
The fire, which is burning in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles and San Bernardino, is just 3% contained, according to Kenichi Haskett, a Los Angeles County Fire Department section chief.
Reacting against a Chinese attempt to colonialize and civilize, the Trung sisters revolted against the Sinitic ruling class in 39 AD. [22] After gaining a brief independence amid the Trung sisters' rebellion , Lac chiefs along with its social elites were massacred, deported, and forced to adopt Han cultures in a reactionary military response ...
The museum's collections are spread throughout several locations in Los Angeles, and not all works are on display. The entire collection houses over 120,000 objects, thousands of which are on view at any given time, and only 1,676 of these are paintings.