By: Linda Deutsch, AP Special Correspondent
LOS ANGELES (AP).- Armenian-American lawyers filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Turkish government and two banks seeking compensation for the heirs of Armenians whose property was allegedly seized n…
Scientists in New Titanic Expedition will Create 3D Map of Wreck
RICHMOND (AP).- A team of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess the deteriorating condition of the world’s most famous shipwreck and create a detailed three-dimensional map that will “virtually raise the Titanic” for …
Mexican Authorities Recover 144 Original Pre-Columbian Pieces and Colonial Religious Works
MEXICO CITY.- The largest recovery of cultural property that had been illegally removed from churches and archaeological sites in the country, some for the last nine years, was unveiled today by officials of the National Institute of Anthropology and H…
Scientists in New Titanic Expedition will Create 3D Map of Wreck
RICHMOND (AP).- A team of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess the deteriorating condition of the world’s most famous shipwreck and create a detailed three-dimensional map that will “virtually raise the Titanic” for …
King Tutankhamun’s Chariot Headed to Discovery Exhibition
CAIRO (AP).- King Tutankhamun’s chariot is set to fly to New York this week to finally join the Discovery Times Square Exposition exhibit of the famed boy ruler, Egypt’s antiquities chief said Monday. Zahi Hawass said the chariot will leave Egypt on We…
Historic Moulin Rouge Tower Demolished in Vegas
By: Oskar Garcia, Associated Press Writer
LAS VEGAS (AP).- Workers on Thursday demolished the tower of the first racially integrated casino in Las Vegas, one day after city officials turned down an appeal of its owners’ demolition permit. The white tow…
For Sale: Jewels Britain’s King Edward VIII Showered on U.S. Lover
LONDON (REUTERS).- Jewels bought by Britain’s King Edward VIII for his American wife Wallis Simpson are expected to fetch up to 3 million pounds ($4.55 million) at auction in November, Sotheby’s said on Thursday. The king, who renounced his claim to th…
National World War II Museum Features Loyal Forces: Animals in WWII
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Loyal Forces: Animals in WWII is an exhibit focused on the animals employed and encountered throughout World War II, from the Home Front to the Pacific. Life-size horses and mules, harnessed in authentic World War II saddles and equip…
Researchers Find that Early Humans Ventured Farther North than Thought
LONDON (AP).- Ancient man ventured into northern Europe far earlier than previously thought, settling on England’s east coast more than 800,000 years ago, scientists said. It had been assumed that humans — thought to have emerged from Africa aroun…
Forum 65: Jones, Koester, Nashashibi/Skaer: Reanimation
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art presents Forum 65: Jones, Koester, Nashashibi/Skaer: Reanimation, two films and a digital projection featuring silent, hypnotic loops that bring to life different objects, images, and history, casting each in a n…