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. Examples of Sculpture in the Athenian Agora on show at the Stoa of Attalos
  2. Treasures uncovered in vaults of the Honolulu Academy of Arts
  3. Hunting for the dawn of writing
  4. Mummy Secrets of the Tomb, International exhibition on life, mummification and afterlife
  5. Vatican to display bones claimed to be those of Saint Peter