The Great London [04/27/22] 

  • Early Humans: Modern humans out of Africa sooner than thought

    Human teeth discovered in southern China provide evidence that our species left the African continent up to 70,000 years earlier than prevailing theories suggest, a study published on Wednesday said.47 human teeth found in the Fuyan Cave, Daoxian, in southern China [Credit: AFP/S. Xing and X-J. Wu]Homo sapiens reached present-day …

  • Greater Middle East: Rosetta-style inscription unearthed in Egypt

    A 2,200 year-old “an upright stone slab bearing a commemorative inscription” was unearthed at the Mediterranean coast, Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty announced Thursday.The stele bearing hieroglyphic and demotic inscriptions was discovered at Taposiris Magna [Credit: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities]The stele, which was di…

  • UK: Britain demands France return 'Joan of Arc’s ring'

    The Hundred Years War might not be quite over just yet with an apparent Franco-British row brewing over Joan of Arc's gold-plated ring.The 15th-century ring believed to have been owned by the French heroine Joan of Arc [Credit: AFP]Just as the historic gold-plated ring was safely back in French hands it’s emerged that British auth…

  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