BEAUFORT, NC (AP).- The largest exhibit ever of artifacts from what’s believed to be the remains of Blackbeard’s flagship is opening at the North Carolina Maritime Museum, with bells, cannon, lead shot and part of the hull among the items on display. …
Sold: the Bomb-Making Tools of Theodore Kaczynski
WASHINGTON (AP).- To most people, Theodore Kaczynski’s bomb-making tools are meaningless relics from a life devoted to mayhem. To Janine Vaccarello, chief operating officer at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in Washington, they’re priceless….
Blackbeard’s Anchor Recovered Off NC Coast
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (AP).- Archaeologists recovered the first anchor from what’s believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship off the North Carolina coast Friday, a move that might change plans about how to save the rest of the almost 3…
A Series of New Korean Films to Be Presented at MoMA
NEW YORK, NY.- Yeonghwa: Korean Film Today, a series of new Korean films presented by MoMA and the Korea Society will be shown September 22 through 30, 2010 at the Museum of Modern Art. Among the eight films, many of which New York premieres, is The Ho…
Rare 3D Film Shows Warsaw Devastated After WWII
WARSAW (AP).- Polish historians have created an unusual 3D film that documents the shocking sea of rubble that Warsaw was reduced to during World War II. Jan Oldakowski, the director of the Warsaw Uprising Museum, said the film “City of Ruins” is mainl…