LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 23: Visitors to the British Museum walk around a selection of items from the collection of ancient Greek sculptures known as The Elgin Marbles on August 23, 2023 in London, England. Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak canceled a scheduled meeting … Read more
ROME (AP) — A diver who spotted something metallic not far from Sardinia’s coast has led to the discovery of tens of thousands of ancient bronze coins. Italy’s culture ministry said Saturday that the diver alerted authorities, who sent divers assigned to an art protection squad along with others from the ministry’s undersea archaeology department. … Read more
The Moon’s crater-covered countenance was previously thought to be a youthful 4.42 billion years old, give or take about 10 million years. But now, samples of crystals taken from the rocky satellite half a century ago indicate that the Moon is about 40 million years older than we knew. Moon Knight Gives Us Hope The … Read more
ATHENS, Greece — Tourists at the Acropolis this holiday season can witness the resolution of one of the world’s most heated debates on cultural heritage. All they need is a smartphone. Visitors can now pinch and zoom their way around the ancient Greek site, with a digital overlay showing how it once looked. That includes … Read more
JERUSALEM — Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he hurled works of art to the floor, defacing two second-century Roman statues. The vandalism late Thursday raised questions about the safety of Israel’s priceless collections and stirred concern about a rise in attacks on cultural heritage in Jerusalem. … Read more
The Khao Klang Nok monument in Si Thep, an ancient town 150 miles north of Bangkok, has survived more than a thousand years as kingdoms and empires rose and fell around it. But in just the week since the terraced temple and its surrounding area was named a World Heritage Site by the United Nations … Read more
In the center of Siena, Italy, a cathedral has stood for nearly 800 years. A black-and-white layer cake of heavy stone, fine-cut statuary, and rich mosaics, the imposing structure—now visited by more than a million tourists each year—would seem to be a permanent fixture of the city’s past, present, and future. Most people call it, … Read more
Since the early days of film, the epic battles, turbulent politics, and culture of Ancient Rome have provided filmmakers with sufficient material to produce captivating stories. COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Shakespearean histories, Biblical epics, Sondheim musicals, and more have all found unique ways to take advantage of the rich … Read more
The Aztecs didn’t depend time on an infinite scale, as we do, however in cyclical 52-year durations, and on the completion of every cycle, life and the world would start anew. To provoke the beginning of a brand new cycle the New Fireplace ceremony was held, an important Aztec ritual. Each 52 years the inhabitants … Read more
JERICHO, West Financial institution — A U.N. committee voted Sunday to checklist prehistoric ruins close to the traditional West Financial institution metropolis of Jericho as a World Heritage Web site in Palestine, a choice that angered Israel, which controls the territory and doesn’t acknowledge a Palestinian state. Jericho is among the oldest frequently inhabited cities … Read more