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Tigray War Threaten Historic Churches In Ethiopia
In the ongoing Tigray War in Ethiopia, rebels have taken control of Lalibela that houses monolithic rock-hewn churches from the 12th century.
The Tigray War is proving to be one of the first conflicts in the history of Ethiopia.…
Wildfire Forces Greek Heritage Sites, Including Acropolis, To Close
Heatwave and multiple wildfires have forced Greece to close many of its important heritage sites, including the Acropolis at Athens.
Greece is currently facing its worst heatwave in more than 4 decades. The record temperatures have also…
Dutch Man Faces Charges For Attempted Robbery At German Museum
A Dutch man is facing charges for the 2019 theft of Roman coins from a German museum.
In November 2019, a group of men broke into the Rhineland State Museum, one of the largest archaeological museums in Germany. According to the police…
Whitney Workers Successfully Unionize, Join Local 2110
The workers at the Whitney Museum finally succeeded in joining a union, after months of effort.
The workers at the museum had an almost unanimous vote of 96-1 in favor of joining the Local 2110. The group is a division of the United Auto…
New rock-cut chambers found at the Zeugma Mosaic Museum
Archaeologists now have found two of the rock-cut chambers in the House of Muses in Zeugma, in Turkey. Zeugma is an ancient Hellenistic and Roman city. It is popular for its intricate mosaics. It has been preserving the mosaics for almost…
National Gallery of Australia returns the artifacts to India bought from a disgraced dealer
The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra has said that it will now return 14 of its works for the Asian art collection. It will return the arts to India. Thirteen of those have been purchased from Art of the Past, a Manhattan gallery.…
TEFAF and British Museum to restore the glass artifacts damaged during the Beirut explosion
After a year of the devastating explosion in Beirut, the British Museum and The European Fine Art Foundation will work on it. They have teamed up to help in restoring the ancient artifacts devastated due to the blast. The museum and the…
Hermitage Museum is about to sell the Monet, Leonardo Paintings as the NFTs
The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg is now minting many masterpieces from its collection as the NFTs. The sale of the NFT version for the works of Vincent Van Gogh, Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet will take place at the end of…
UNESCO World Heritage Sites gets added with Great Spa Towns, Centuries-Old Rock Inscriptions
On Sunday, UNESCO unveiled a new addition to the World Heritage list. It includes the historic Paseo del Prado boulevard and the Retiro Part of Madrid. Also, it includes the sites in Saudi Arabia, India, and China.
To qualify as a site…
Remainings of 2700 years old city found in Jerusalem
Archaeologists have recently discovered the mission section of the original Iron Age fortification of Jerusalem. The origin of this old city section dates back to 2700 years ago. Most of the sections of the wall would have been destroyed…