ROCHESTER, NY.- When Kodak announced in 2009 it would no longer produce Kodachrome film, company officials announced two ways the famed film would be celebrated: 1) National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry would be given the last roll off the Kod…
Photographer Simen Johan Explores Uneasy Connections Between Humans and Animals
NASHVILLE, TENN.- The Frist Center’s Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery will feature Simen Johan: Until the Kingdom Comes, comprising nine large-scale digital photographs and three sculptures. The exhibition opens Feb. 20, 2011, and will …
Exhibition in Minnesota Brings to Life the Discovery of King Tutankhamun’s Tomb
ST. PAUL, MINN.- Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, an exhibition featuring more than 100 authentic treasures from the tomb of the celebrated pharaoh and other notable ancient sites, made its debut at the Science Museum of Minnesota o…
Researchers Find Earliest Known Winery in a Cave in the Mountains of Armenia
WASHINGTON (AP) .- The earliest known winery has been uncovered in a cave in the mountains of Armenia. A vat to press the grapes, fermentation jars and even a cup and drinking bowl dating to about 6,000 years ago were discovered in the cave complex by …
Researchers Find Earliest Known Winery in a Cave in the Mountains of Armenia
WASHINGTON (AP) .- The earliest known winery has been uncovered in a cave in the mountains of Armenia. A vat to press the grapes, fermentation jars and even a cup and drinking bowl dating to about 6,000 years ago were discovered in the cave complex by …
"Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt" Headed to Cincinnati Museum Center
CINCINNATI, OH.- The world of Cleopatra VII, which has been lost to the sea and sand for nearly 2,000 years, will surface in Cincinnati on February 18, 2011 when “Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt” opens its doors. Cincinnati …
King Tut NYC Exhibition at Discovery Times Square Exposition Extends to January 17, 2011
NEW YORK, NY.- At a sold-out lecture last evening in New York City, Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, announced a two-week extension of the King Tut exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Ph…
National Geographic Magazine to Start Publishing in Arabic
DUBAI (AP).- After decades of turning out yellow-framed covers featuring Egyptian artifacts and other Mideast treasures, National Geographic magazine will for the first time soon start printing in Arabic. The picture-packed science magazine lining coun…
National Geographic Magazine to Start Publishing in Arabic
DUBAI (AP).- After decades of turning out yellow-framed covers featuring Egyptian artifacts and other Mideast treasures, National Geographic magazine will for the first time soon start printing in Arabic. The picture-packed science magazine lining coun…
King Tutankhamun Exhibition Makes its Denver Art Museum Debut
DENVER, CO.- The Denver Art Museum’s (DAM) highly
anticipated
summer exhibition, Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs,
opened
to the public June 29, 2010 and runs through Jan. 9, 2011. Featuring
more than
100 treasures f…