WASHINGTON (AP).- A new study is raising questions about when ancient human ancestors in Europe learned to control fire, one of the most important steps on the long path to civilization. A review of 141 archaeological sites across Europe shows habitual…
Rare Works of Art from the 1950s to the Present Go on View at Luxembourg & Dayan
NEW YORK, NY.- On March 3, 2011 Luxembourg & Dayan gallery unveiled the exhibition Unpainted Paintings, an international survey of more than two dozen extraordinary works of abstract art from the 1950s to the present that together reveal a continuous, …
Haubrok Foundation Hands Over 13 Important Contemporary Artworks to the National Gallery in Berlin
BERLIN.- The Haubrok Foundation has generously presented to the National Gallery over 13 important works as permanent loans by internationally acclaimed artists of the present day. To mark their presentation, the work ‘This is Propaganda’ (2002) b…
Report from Cave Excavation Says Humans Mastered Tool Making 50,000 Earlier than Thought
CAPE TOWN (REUTERS).- A group of prehistoric people mastered a difficult and delicate process to sharpen stones into spears and knives at least 75,000 years ago, more than 50,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a report. This techni…