The Great London [05/07/22] 

  • India: Australian gallery identifies looted Indian treasures

    A long-running smuggling scandal involving temple looters in India and a high-profile New York art dealer has widened after an independent review found that the National Gallery of Australia may have been among the prestigious art galleries duped by false documentation.Worshippers of the Buddha, 3rd century Andhra Pradesh limeston…

  • Mexico: Ancient Mixtec skull declared a forgery: Dutch museum

    An 800-year-old Mexican skull decorated with turquoise mosaic, for decades believed to have been a masterpiece of Mixtec indigenous art is a forgery, a Dutch museum and media said Saturday.Mixtec skull mosaic at the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden [Credit: National Museum of Ethnology]>The National Museum of Ethnology in th…

  • Mexico: Expedition will sample crater left by dinosaur-killing asteroid

    An international research team is formalizing plans to drill nearly 5,000 feet below the seabed to take core samples from the crater of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.Artist's impression of the Chicxulub asteroid impacting the Yucatan Peninsula as pterodactyls fly in the sky above. Painting by Donald E. Davis [Credit: N…

  1. Rare Assyrian artifacts on display in Istanbul
  2. A Chinese nobleman's life of luxury
  3. 'The Maya: Revelation of an Endless Time' at the National Palace in Mexico
  4. Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World at the British Museum
  5. Human Zoos: Exhibition recounts stories of 'savages' put on show at circuses and theatres