By: Heidi Vogt, Associated Press
MES AYNAK (AP).- It was another day on the rocky hillside, as archaeologists and laborers dug out statues of Buddha and excavated a sprawling 2,600-year-old Buddhist monastery. A Chinese woman in slacks, carrying an umb…
Opryland Hotel Reopens in Tennessee After Flood Damage
By: Joe Edwards, Associated Press
NASHVILLE (AP).- Decked out in more than 2 million Christmas lights, the sprawling Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center reopened Monday after historic Nashville flooding shuttered the cornerstone of the city’…
Neglect Threatens Many of Italy’s Cherished Ruins
By: Frances D’Emilio, Associated Press
ROME (AP).- For all of Italy’s ancient wonders, the real wonder might be that so many are still standing, given the poor care they get. The collapse in Pompeii last week of a frescoed house where gladiators prepa…
Ancient Temples Highlight Egyptian Lake Cruise
By: Paul Schemm, Associated Press
ABU SIMBEL (AP).- In the 1960s, rising waters from a new dam threatened to submerge the temples and monuments of Nubia, the ancient home of black pharaohs in Egypt’s far south. To preserve them, the antiquities were d…
Israeli Artists Boycott New Theater in Settlement
By: Karin Laub, Associated Press
ARIEL (AP).- An artists’ boycott of a $11 million performing arts center opening Monday in the Jewish settlement of Ariel is giving a new twist to a pressing question — where should Israel’s permanent borders run?…
The Year of the Rabbit: From Dali to Marilyn Monroe, Playboy Auctions Art at Christie’s
NEW YORK (AP).- Pamela Anderson and Marilyn Monroe may be names that come to mind when one thinks of the art of Playboy, but how about Salvador Dali? A Dali watercolor of a reclining nude that hung in Hugh Hefner’s bedroom is among 125 artworks being …
The Year of the Rabbit: From Dali to Marilyn Monroe, Playboy Auctions Art at Christie’s
NEW YORK (AP).- Pamela Anderson and Marilyn Monroe may be names that come to mind when one thinks of the art of Playboy, but how about Salvador Dali? A Dali watercolor of a reclining nude that hung in Hugh Hefner’s bedroom is among 125 artworks being …
150 Years Ago, Lincoln’s Election Set March to War
By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP).- With the wounds of a hard-fought political campaign still raw, the country was sharply divided by the time the election was finished. It was 150 years ago Saturday: President Abraham Lincoln was el…
Ruling Says Fisk can Sell Part of Art Collection
By: Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press
NASHVILLE (TN).- A Nashville judge has ruled that Fisk University can sell a share of its Stieglitz art collection, but said the bulk of the proceeds must go to an endowment for the display of the artwork. To fen…
Culture War Brews in Indian City of Mumbai
By: Erika Kinetz, Associated Press
MUMBAI (AP).- A battle for the cultural soul of Mumbai is brewing between Hindu radicals and the cosmopolitan urbanites who are the global face of this Indian city. The radicals appear to be winning. In the last few …