The Great London [02/02/17] 

  • Iraq: Missing piece of Gilgamesh Epic discovered

    When a man arrived at Iraq's Sulaymaniyah Museum offering to sell 80 to 90 clay tablets in 2011, it was Farouk Al-Rawi's job to study them.Obverse of the newly discovered tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh. The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq [Credit: © Osama S.M. Amin]The professor at SOAS, University of London, found a few fakes in the…

  • UK: 14,000-year-old Ice Age site found on Jersey Island

    Archaeologists from the UK working in the Channel Island of Jersey have found the remains of a 14,000-year-old hunter-gather settlement offering great views over landscapes now drowned by the English Channel.Archaeologists have been working at the Les Varines site for five summers [Credit:  Ice Age Island]The site, called Les Vari…

  • Travel: 'Beyond Caravaggio' at The National Gallery, London

    Beyond Caravaggio is the first major exhibition in the UK to explore the work of Caravaggio and his influence on the art of his contemporaries and followers.'Beyond Caravaggio' at The National Gallery, London (12 October 2016 – 15 January 2017)Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610) is one of the most revolutionary figures i…

  • Geology: Signs of ancient mega-tsunami could portend modern hazard

    Scientists working off west Africa in the Cape Verde Islands have found evidence that the sudden collapse of a volcano there tens of thousands of years ago generated an ocean tsunami that dwarfed anything ever seen by humans. The researchers say an 800-foot wave engulfed an island more than 30 miles away. The study could revive a …

  1. Two million visit Malta’s museums in 2009
  2. Clare Museum to exhibit historic treasures uncovered by road works in Ireland
  3. Expert help from British Museum
  4. Dinosaur exhibit makes world premiere in Ohio at the Cincinnati Museum Center
  5. Face of 5000 year old Iranian woman reconstructed