The Great London [05/24/22] 

  • Near East: Youngest ancient Egyptian human foetus discovered in miniature coffin

    A miniature ancient Egyptian coffin measuring just 44cm in length has been found to contain the youngest ever example of a human foetus to be embalmed and buried in Egyptian society. This discovery is the only academically verified specimen to exist at only sixteen to eighteen weeks of gestation.This coffin, found by archaeologist…

  • Travel: 'From Ancient to Modern: Archaeology and Aesthetics' at New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

    The highly anticipated exhibition From Ancient to Modern: Archaeology and Aesthetics, opens at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) on February 12, 2015. With some 50 outstanding ancient objects, and more than 100 related documents, photographs, and drawings, this groundbreaking exhibition examines the fascinati…

  • Environment: Warming opens famed Northwest Passage to navigation

    Beneath the Aurora Borealis an oil tanker glides through the night past the Coast Guard ice breaker Amundsen and vanishes into the maze of shoals and straits of the Northwest Passage, navigating waters that for millennia were frozen over this time of year.The CCGS Amundsen reasearch ice breaker navigates near Devon Island in the C…

  1. National Museum Cardiff announces exhibition of ancient rock carvings from Dazu, China
  2. 5,000 images of the Dead Sea Scrolls go online
  3. Magic of ancient Egypt transforms the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
  4. Napoleon and Europe: Dream and Trauma
  5. A treasure horde of art and history under one roof