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Researching The Smells Of The Ancient World With Modern High Technology
Using mass spectrometers and techniques from the field of molecular biology on residues from ancient containers, refuse, and even dental tartar, archaeologists and historians...
Looters Who Stole Idols From Hindu Temple Return Them After Being Tormented By Nightmares
"We have not been able to sleep, eat and live peacefully. We are fed up with the scary dreams and are returning your valuables,"...
Britain Agrees To Serious Negotiations With Greece About Returning The Parthenon Marbles
"The United Kingdom will hold formal talks with Greece regarding the potential repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles, which have been in the British Museum...
Roots Music Star And Macarthur Genius Rhiannon Giddens Returns To Her First Art Form,...
She came to prominence as co-founder of string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops, moved to a solo career, and now directs the Silkroad Ensemble,...
Popular Podcast “Reply All” Is Ending Next Month
A staff memo from Gimlet Media chiefs said that "the decision to end this iteration of the show" was made as the series's two...
Artist Gerhard Richter, Even At 90, Could Not Stay Retired
Five years ago the German painter, one of Europe's most prominent living artists, announced that he was ending his career. But he couldn't stop...
Don’t Get The Whole Fanfiction Thing? This Will Explain It All
What are slash and femslash? Lemon and gen? UST? Danmei? Here's an introductory guide that covers it, even the het stuff. - Quartz
The Collective That Launched Australia’s Indigenous Art Movement 50 Years Ago
"Starting out as an informal gathering of local men painting wherever they could find some shade, Papunya Tula has become one of the most...
Willa Cather’s Surprisingly Open Life With Edith Lewis
"Their domestic partnership was not a secret. Lewis often was and sometimes still is made over into Cather's secretary (she wasn't) rather than being...
Ousted Director Of Munich’s Ballet Company Is Basically Putin’s Son-In-Law: Report
Igor Zelensky, 52, former principal of the Mariinsky and New York City Ballets, resigned last month as artistic director of the Bavarian State Ballet...
“Sisters With Transistors”: The Female Pioneers Of Electronic Music
Not all of these women are forgotten: Clara Rockmore (the first virtuoso of the theremin) and Pauline Oliveros are remembered, and Wendy Carlos, Eliane...
A New Golden Age of Satires Of Academia?
"Perhaps (this) is why the campus lends itself so readily to satire; it's one of the few places contained yet familiar enough in which...
How Hollywood Movies Fed Southern California’s Addiction To Water-Guzzling Green Lawns
"Hollywood did not create this country's desire for green lawns — that longing originated when wealthy Americans tried to replicate the resplendent gardens of...
How Looted Cambodian Statues Ended Up At The British Museum And V&A
Cambodian investigators have explained to the BBC the routes by which sculptures stolen from ancient temples made it to Britain, and two former looters...
Actors Who Worked On Scott Rudin Shows Are Being Released From NDAs
"Broadway performers and stage managers who worked on four shows connected to producer Scott Rudin will be released from nondisclosure agreements under terms of...
Motion Picture Academy Makes Post-COVID Changes To Oscar Rules
The biggest change is the return of the requirement that a film must have a theatrical release during the relevant calendar year. However, that...
Could Boris Johnson’s Government Be On The Verge Of Shutting Its Cultural Funding Agencies?
A new Public Bodies Review Programme, announced by the ministry for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency, will examine whether "arm's-length" funding bodies such as...
Did Henry VIII Ever Regret Having Anne Boleyn Beheaded?
The mythology that has developed around the Tudor dynasty has made that seem an improbable question, but there are bits of evidence suggesting that,...
“Egghead Paperbacks”, The Publishing Innovation That Changed America
Before 1953, the only paperback books were, literally, pulp novels; the cheap pulp paper on which they were printed gave the genre its name. ...
How Working-Class People Are Systematically Shut Out Of Arts Careers
"There are cultural, financial and emotional gaps between working-class creative people and the affluent, networked and mostly private school-educated gatekeepers of Australia's arts ......
Unseen Reliefs And Engravings Uncovered In Ancient Egyptian Temple
Following conservation work that included removing centuries' worth of dust and debris, archaeologists have fully revealed the intricately colored engravings on the walls of...
It’s Official: The Ringling Brothers And Barnum & Bailey Circus Is Coming Back
Five years after "The Greatest Show on Earth" closed down (it said) permanently, performers are being recruited and rehearsals and logistics are being planned...
The Missing Category The Tonys Really Should Have: Best Ensemble Cast
It's not only that "theater is a team sport." It's not just that some shows (this season, for instance, Six and Take Me Out)...
Despite Years Of House Arrest, Exile, And A Horrendous War, Kirill Serebrennikov Will Keep...
"Russian culture is about the fragility of life," says the award-winning stage and film director. "It's about people who are under oppression. Who are...
As War Drags On And Censorship Grows More Strict, Russian Filmmakers Choose Between Flight...
Says one who is leaving, "I can't see how I can be part of a community that will be charged with ideological tasks and...
