MADRID.- Hou Hanru, one of the most influential curators on the international art scene according to a variety of international publications, presents, as part of PHotoEspaña 2011, The Power of Doubt, a showing of 55 recent works (made between 1998 an…
Jesus Wasn’t Born in Bethlehem, According to Biblical Scholar
DUBLIN.- Was Jesus really Jewish? Was his message unique in first-century Palestine? Was he born in Bethlehem? In the November/December 2010 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR), editor Hershel Shanks gets answers to these questions and more in a…
‘Lucy’ Species Used Stone Tools, Fossil Study by California Academy Says
NEW YORK (AP).- Two ancient animal bones from Ethiopia show signs of butchering by human ancestors, moving back the earliest evidence for the use of stone tools by about 800,000 years, researchers say. The bones appear to have been cut and smashed some…
‘Lucy’ Species Used Stone Tools, Fossil Study by California Academy of Sciences Says
NEW YORK (AP).- Two ancient animal bones from Ethiopia show signs of butchering by human ancestors, moving back the earliest evidence for the use of stone tools by about 800,000 years, researchers say. The bones appear to have been cut and smashed some…
Vatican Reverses Itself, "The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence" Not a Caravaggio
VATICAN CITY (AP).- The Vatican’s top art historian on Monday shot down a report in its own newspaper that suggested a recently discovered painting was a Caravaggio. The head of the Vatican Museums, Antonio Paolucci, wrote in the Vatican newspaper L’Os…