BUENOS AIRES (AP).- The shipping label said the mailed package contained replicas of Peruvian ceramics. An X-ray machine used by customs agents discovered it really held three skulls and a mummy more than 2,000 years old. Authorities said Friday that t…
LIVERPOOL.- The only known surviving Titanic First Class ticket and other rarely-seen items linked to the disaster will be displayed in Liverpool in 2012 to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking. The ticket belonged to Reverend Stuart Holden, vicar…
LIVERPOOL.- The only known surviving Titanic First Class ticket and other rarely-seen items linked to the disaster will be displayed in Liverpool in 2012 to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking. The ticket belonged to Reverend Stuart Holden, vicar…
PHILADELPHIA, PA (AP).- Long before award-winning illustrator and writer Maurice Sendak’s world of wild things charmed millions of young readers and changed the notion of what children’s literature could look like, some of his now-classic characters fr…
BALTIMORE, MD.- Baltimore-based planning, architecture, graphics and design firm Development Design Group Inc. (DDG) has been awarded the position of planner and design architect for the retail centerpiece of the landmark Tianjin City Culture Center De…
HAMILTON, ON.- McPhail is an established artist who moved to Hamilton from Toronto five years ago. Practicing in sculpture, drawing, painting and performance for more than twenty-five years, his works have explored a broad range of subject matter. As a…
MILWAUKEE, WI.- The Milwaukee Art Museum’s newest feature exhibition, European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century, opens this Saturday, October 9. It is the first encompassing, critical assessment of contemporary Western European design fr…
LIMA (REUTERS).- The preserved feathers and scales of a giant fossilized penguin discovered on Peru’s central coast provide a glimpse of Peru’s Eocene period, and how the species evolved to its modern state, paleontologists say. The ancient version of …
LIMA (REUTERS).- The preserved feathers and scales of a giant fossilized penguin discovered on Peru’s central coast provide a glimpse of Peru’s Eocene period, and how the species evolved to its modern state, paleontologists say. The ancient version of …
LONDON.- “A Century of Olympic Posters”, which features more than 100 posters charting the history of the Olympic Games, will be on show in the Europa Gallery in Sutton’s Central Library during September and October. Drawn mainly from the Victoria and …
