The Great London [01/02/17] 

  • Near East: ISIS smashes priceless Palmyra artefacts

    The Islamic State released photos showing the destruction of six priceless artifacts from the ancient city of Palmyra. The photos show jihadis taking a sledgehammer and smashing the historic treasures, including one dating from the second century.Jihadis took sledgehammers to the relics, smashed them to pieces and then lashed the …

  • Near East: UNESCO to monitor ancient sites by satellite

    The United Nations agency UNESCO will use more monitoring by satellites to protect threatened ancient archeological sites, it announced.Satellite photo of ancient Palmyra [Credit: © UNESCO]UNESCO and UNITAR-UNOSAT (United Nations Institute for Training and Research- United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Program) signed…

  • Environment: Not so crowded house? New findings on global species richness

    Planet Earth may contain millions fewer species than previously thought and estimates are converging, according to research led by Griffith University.The study estimates there are 16 million fewer types of beetles (examples pictured at the Natural History Museum) and 30 million fewer types of terrestrial arthropods than calculate…

  1. "Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections" at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
  2. 'Royal Taste: The Art of Princely Courts in Fifteenth-Century China' at the Ringling Museum of Art, Florida
  3. Getty Museum presents "Gothic Grandeur": Manuscript illumination, 1200-1350
  4. Ancient Biblical artifacts make world premiere at Armstrong Auditorium
  5. Famous Atlas sculpture on display in Rome