RIVERSIDE (AP).- A utility company preparing to build a new substation in an arid canyon southeast of Los Angeles has stumbled on a trove of animal fossils dating back 1.4 million years that researchers say will fill in blanks in Southern California’s …
Anthropological Exhibition in Mexico City Examines Ancient Diseases in Bones
MEXICO CITY.- In bones, like in paper and photographic film, the history of what happened remains; those who “read” these imprints are physical anthropologists and they have discovered diseases of other eras. This knowledge is captured in the…
Old Irish Bones may Yield Murderous Secrets in Pennsylvania
MALVERN, PA (AP).- Young and strapping, the 57 Irish immigrants began grueling work in the summer of 1832 on the Philadelphia and Columbia railroad. Within weeks, all were dead of cholera. Or were they murdered? Two skulls unearthed at a probable mass …
Old Irish Bones may Yield Murderous Secrets in Pennsylvania
MALVERN, PA (AP).- Young and strapping, the 57 Irish immigrants began grueling work in the summer of 1832 on the Philadelphia and Columbia railroad. Within weeks, all were dead of cholera. Or were they murdered? Two skulls unearthed at a probable mass …
The Museum of Arts and Design will Present "Dead or Alive"
NEW YORK, NY.- Dead or Alive, presented by the
Museum of Arts and Design from April 27 through October 24, 2010, will showcase
the work of over 30 international artists who transform organic materials and
objects that were once produced by or pa…
First Solo Museum Exhibition of the Work of Brian Donnelly, a.k.a. KAWS Opens at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
RIDGEFIELD, CT.- This first solo museum exhibition of the work of Brooklyn-based artist and designer Brian Donnelly, a.k.a. KAWS, includes his most recent paintings, sculptures, and drawings, as well as a survey of his iconic street art, apparel, produ…
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Transforms with Abstract Works
SANTA FE, NM. (AP)- The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum has been transformed. Missing are the iconic paintings of flowers, bones and colorful landscapes that have made the American modernist famous the world over. In their place are streaks of yellow and red, …