In the news

February brings new articles on art and archaeology in:

Smithsonian, Feb 2008 on "The Parthenon: Secrets of the ancient temple" and "Portraits of Resistance" which is about a show at the National Museum of African American History and Culture and focus on people that fought injustice.

Archaeology, March/April 2008 has articles on Nefertiti, Peru's Fire Temple, rebuilding 15th century Chinese ships, and the Greco-Roman city of Assos.

Culture + Travel, Jan/Feb 2008 has an interesting article on art in Trinidad and Swedish photographer Lars Tunbjork.

Metropolitan Museum of Art gets African sculpture

The Met has finally purchased its first major piece of contemporary African art. The sculpture is called "Between Earth and Heaven" and was created by Ghanaian artist El Anatsui in 2006. The Met declined to say how much they paid for it.

For more info see...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080114/ap_en_ot/art_anatsui

In the Smithsonian Magazine

The new January 2008 Smithsonian Magazine has some interesting articles on:

28 Places around the world to see before you die
Van Gogh letters
David Maisel’s aerial photographs of Earth

In the news

In Culture & Travel (Winter 2007) you will find some interesting articles on:



Australian artists

Vintage ski posters

The new Acropolis Museum

Gypsy houses in Romania

Transylvania



In Archaeology (Jan/Feb 2008)



Top 10 Discoveries of 2007

Stonehenge

A rare double burial in Italy

Copper Age fashion

Cloud People of the Amazon and their cool cliff houses

Vatican finds lost Michelangelo drawing

Philip Pullella
Reuters
Dec 6, 2007


"The Vatican said on Thursday it had discovered a lost drawing by Renaissance master Michelangelo of a design for the dome of St. Peter's Basilica.

The Vatican newspaper l'Osservatore Romano said the small drawing, done in the spring of 1563 when Michelangelo was 88, was believed to be his last known sketch before he died the next year..."

To read more...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071206/wl_nm/vatican_michelangelo_dc

New Mansion found in Israel

AP
MATTI FRIEDMAN
Dec 6, 2007

"Israeli archaeologists uncovered a 2,000-year-old mansion believed to have been home to ueen Helene of Adiabene, whose clan ruled a region now in Iraq.

The remains of the building were unearthed just outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, underneath layers of a more recent settlement that was hidden until recently under the asphalt of a small parking lot in east Jerusalem..."

To read more, see... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071206/ap_on_sc/israel_queen_s_house

4 Magna Cartas for the price of one

4 Magna Cartas will go on view.

Reuters
Dec 6, 2007

"Four 13th century copies of the Magna Carta, considered to be one of the most important documents in the history of democracy, go on public display next week for the first time in nearly 800 years..."

Check it out at:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071206/lf_nm_life/britain_magnacarta_dc