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Fendi To Restore Rome's Trevi Fountain

Fendi has agreed to cover the costs of the restoration intervention on the Trevi Fountain in the amount of over 2 million Euros.
3 Feb 2013

Murdererd Pharaoh's Throat Was Cut

The discovery of papyrus trial documents show conspirators murdered Egyptian king Ramesses III by cutting his throat.
30 Dec 2012

Dallas Museum Returns Looted Mosaic To Turkey

Conclusive photographic evidence provided by Turkey documented the looting of the mosaic, proving the work had been stolen.

Post-Olympic Games Show Stirs Debate

What happens to an Olympic village when the crowds go home and the media lights go out?

MacArthur Fellow to Speak on Digging The Ancient Maya

The American archaeologist shares his personal experience of what it's been like to explore, map, and excavate the great cities of classic Maya civilization for the last 30 years.

Florida Museum Acquires Major Boxing Picture

Acquired for an undisclosed purchase price, the American painting conveys the drama surrounding the great Joe Louis’s last championship match in 1948.

100,000-Year-Old Artist Workshop Found in South Africa

Painting remains discovered at Blombos Cave in South Africa document how prehistoric men made their pigments.

EL ANATSUI RETROSPECTIVE OPENS IN DENVER, COLORADO

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1000-Year-Old Monument with Image of Mayan Ruler Found

"At his feet, lying on his back on the bench, lies another, smaller person with his torso opened as a sign of sacrifice or of being overthrown," the archaeologist said.

15th-Century Nude Statue of Adam Shatters at the Met

A Fifteenth-century nude sculpture of Adam by Venetian master Tullio Lombardo fell to the floor and shattered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

A New Michelangelo Book You Can Never Download

Only thirty-three copies of 'Michelangelo: La dotta mano' will be published worldwide with each commanding a price of 100,000 euros ($125,000).
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