LONDON.- When Malcolm Barber, CEO of Bonhams first caught site of what was to be his 1903 Peerless, Model F, 16HP, twin cylinder, rear entrance tonneau just over twenty years ago, he thought he had found something unusual. He found the car in Hawaii in…
Mystery Giver Leaves $10,000 in World Trade Center Donation Box
NEW YORK (AP).- An anonymous benefactor in New York City stuffed $10,000 in cash into a 9/11 donation box at the World Trade Center. Joe Daniels, president of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, tells the New York Post that officials found 99…
Pompeii: Life in a Roman Village 79 CE Reveals Daily Life in a City Steeped in Mystery
SINGAPORE.- The National Museum of Singapore transports visitors back 2000 years in time to experience life and death in the ancient Roman Empire. A new exhibition, Pompeii: Life in a Roman Village 79 CE reveals daily life in a city steeped in legend a…
10 Years On, Mystery of Confederate Submarine Remains
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (AP).- A decade after the raising of the Confederate submarine Hunley off the South Carolina coast, the cause of the sinking of the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship remains a mystery. But scientists are edging closer. …
Painting at Center of Caravaggio Mystery Unveiled in Rome
ROME (AP).- Art officials on Tuesday unveiled the painting at the center of the latest Caravaggio mystery, after the Vatican newspaper first suggested and then denied that the canvas was the work of the Italian master. The “Martyrdom of St. Lawrence” w…
Art Officials Unveil "Martyrdom of St. Lawrence" Which is at Center of Caravaggio Mystery
ROME (AP).- Art officials on Tuesday unveiled the painting at the center of the latest Caravaggio mystery, after the Vatican newspaper first suggested and then denied that the canvas was the work of the Italian master. The “Martyrdom of St. Lawrence” w…
Barbican Art Gallery Explores the Power and Mystery of the Surreal House
LONDON.- The Surreal House explores the power and mystery of the house in our collective imagination. It is the first exhibition to throw light on the significance of surrealism for architecture. Bringing together over 150 works, the exhibition also re…