Celtic Medieval Manuscript Found in Peat Bog
A 1,200 year old Celtic medieval manuscript was found on Thursday, July 20, 2006 in a peat bog in Ireland, and scholars are excited to see what it may reveal. This…
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Seven Wonders of the World Vote
LISBON, Portugal, 07/07/2007 -Announced yesterday in Lisbon, Portugal, 100 million people participated in a vote to determine the new Seven Wonders of the World. Voting for the new Seven Wonders of…
Claude Monet Painting Damaged By Vandals
PARIS, 10/08/2007 – A famous Claude Monet painting was damaged by vandals on Sunday, October 6, in Paris’ Orsay Museum. The group was caught on suveillance camera and exited when an…
EBay Auction of Unsigned Art Nets Over $600,000
02/08/2007 – Imagine being from a middle-class family from southern California struggling to pay college tuition for your daughter, then having a $600,000 eBay auction windfall fall into your lap. Well,…
Stolen Art: Munch’s Scream Recovered
OSLO, Norway – Two stolen art works, The Scream and Madonna by Edvard Munch, will return at long last to the public eye, recovered after two years in absentia. Unlike Munch’s…