Ideas of the Afterlife, Pissarro's Jewishness, and More

Ideas of the afterlife. In the Western tradition, eternal fate is connected to one's earthly actions. Not so for the ancient Egyptians... more »

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Pissarro’s Jewishness has typically been treated by biographers as…