The Great London [05/04/22] 

  • More Stuff: 'Papyri from Karanis: Voices from a multi-cultural society in ancient Fayum' at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

    Some 80 km southeast of Cairo is the small village of Karanis, once one of the largest Graeco-Roman towns in Fayoum. It was established in antiquity by Ptolemy II Philadelphus, as part of a scheme to settle Greek mercenaries among indigenous Egyptians and exploit the fertile Fayoum basin.A greeting letter written by a woman to her…

  • Uganda: Conservationists 'on the fence' about barriers to protect wildlife in drylands

    To fence or not to fence? That is the question facing conservationists concerned with barriers that keep wildlife in and people out.Conservationists 'on the fence' about barriers to protect wildlife such as cheetahs in drylands [Credit: Sarah Durant/ZSL]According to a new study by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), Wildlife C…

  • Indigenous Cultures: Brazil land grab threatens isolated tribes: activists

    The worst land grab in decades in the Brazilian Amazon is threatening the survival of isolated tribes that have no contact with the outside world, a rights group said Wednesday.Ranchers and settlers in the remotest reaches of northwestern Brazil are voraciously cutting down rainforest to farm crops, encroaching on the ancestral la…

  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