Spanish authorities are investigating a man who allegedly damaged cave paintings that are thousands of years old by pouring water on them in order to take better photos for social media.

Man under investigation in Spain for pouring water on ancient cave paintings to get a sharper photo

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	After a prominent archaeologist said he would launch a campaign to bring the Mona Lisa back to Italy, one of the foremost Leonardo da Vinci experts said the painting should, in fact, remain in France.Drag Queen Performance at Paris Olympics Draws Comparisons to 'Last Supper'




	In an Art Newspaper op-ed last week, Martin Kemp, a British art historian who has written frequently on Leonardo, dismissed the idea that the painting had been taken from Italy by the French, as some Italians have contended across the centuries. “If we are to have a measured discussion of restitution, we need to get the...

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	RESCUE OPERATION. The National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage (Iphan) has announced that an extensive project to restore art vandalized during the 2023 insurrection at the Brazilian government’s headquarters should be completed in December, reports The Art Newspaper. Hundreds of works of art and design, as well as historical objects were targeted in the January 8 riots in Brasília, following the inauguration of...

Roman Mosaic Floor Found in Naples Waters, Project to Restore Vandalized Art in Brazil, ‘Mona Lisa’ Called Back to Italy, and More: Morning Links for July 24, 2024

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(CNN) — Its perfectly preserved streets and still-standing houses provide a unique opportunity to see how people lived nearly 2,000 years ago. A visit to the ancient city of Pompeii, frozen in time when it was covered by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE, provides memories of a lifetime.

Tourist is caught carving initials into 2,000-year-old home at Pompeii

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For almost 2,000 years, a once-bustling city in the desert of Saudi Arabia was left abandoned to the sands of time.Hegra, a thriving international trade hub in the first century AD, fell into a steady decline after it was annexed by the Roman empire in 106 AD.Then, in the centuries that followed, it was all but forgotten: occasionally mentioned by pilgrims on their way to Mecca, but left largely untouched.Yet languishing in the burning sun for nearly two millennia left the extraordinary site remarkably well-preserved.And now it has finally opened up to both tourists and experts who are hailing it...

Breathtaking ancient city discovered in the desert reveals secrets of a forgotten civilisation

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A trove of ancient artifacts from Egypt’s last dynasty has been discovered in 63 tombs in the Nile Delta area and experts are working to restore and classify the finds.An official with the country’s antiquities authority confirmed the news on Monday.The artifacts include gold pieces and jewelry dating back to Egypt's Late and Ptolemaic periods, and some items could be displayed at one of the country's museums, said Neveine el-Arif, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.An Egyptian archaeological mission with the Supreme Council of Antiquities discovered the mud-brick tombs at the Tell al-Deir necropolis in Damietta city in...

Archaeologists discover trove of ancient artifacts from Egypt’s last dynasty

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The coins were found beneath a home and were likely hidden by mercenaries.

Pot overflowing with gold coins discovered in ancient Greek city in Turkey

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	Ask any veteran of Aspen ArtWeek what to expect when attending for the first time and, after a few sentences about the community’s philanthropic ideals and the caliber of collectors, you’re sure to be told about the nature.  “I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the nature, the landscape” is a constant refrain, always said without cynicism or irony. It was no surprise then that, less than an hour after an expectedly turbulent flight on a model airplane from Denver, I was invited to a cold plunge early the following morning in the nearby Roaring Fork River with a...

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If you’ve ever wondered why your partner or mate was so gosh darn easy to love, or on the flip side impossible to love at times, their sun sign could give you some important clues! I’ve definitely been in relationships that have tested my patience to the limits and other ones that have been a smooth sailing ride. The answers just may be in the stars! Read on to discover the zodiac signs according to Astrology.com that are the easiest to the hardest to love.

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"They accidentally gave us 2 washers and a dryer when we only ordered 1 of each". Last month, Lowe’s experienced a glitch that lowered the price of its $2,300 Midea jumbo capacity refrigerator to just $169.

‘Lowe’s messed up’: Shopper says they got $2,300 fridge at Lowe’s for just $169

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New artifacts have been found on the legendary Spanish galleon San Jose, Colombia's government announced Thursday, after the first robotic exploration of the three-century-old shipwreck.Dubbed the "holy grail" of shipwrecks, the San Jose was owned by the Spanish crown when it was sunk by the British navy near Cartagena in 1708. Only a handful of its 600-strong crew survived.In February, the Colombian government announced it would begin extractions from the ship off its Caribbean coast, with the wreckage believed to be holding treasures worth billions of dollars."Results of this exploration have revealed an unprecedented set of archaeological evidence, which has greatly...

New artifacts found in legendary treasure-laden shipwreck

 Banksy unveiled the eighth artwork in his animal-themed collection in London on Monday 12 August, leaving many to speculate on the meaning behind his new project.The street artist has been posting artwork, from different locations around the capital, to his Instagram every day since Monday 5 August.His first piece depicted a goat and was followed by silhouettes of elephants, monkeys, a wolf, pelicans, a cat and fish.Here, we recap the new artwork that that has been spotted on the streets of London.

Every Banksy artwork that has popped up in the last week - and there’s eight of them

 Egypt’s oldest pyramid was likely built with the help of an innovative hydraulic water elevator system, archaeologists claim in a new study which sheds more light on the ingenuity of ancient Egyptians.The study, published on Monday in the journal PloS ONE, suggests water may have been flowing into two shafts located inside the Pyramid of Djoser, the oldest of Egypt’s iconic pyramids.Also known as the Step Pyramid, the ancient Egyptian monument is thought to have been built around 2680 BCE as a funerary complex for the Third Dynasty pharaoh Djoser.It was the first pyramid to be built and, standing...

Ancient Egyptians used hydraulic lifts to build first pyramids, controversial study claims

Researchers studying an underwater city in Italy say they have found an ancient mosaic floor that was once the base of a Roman villa, a discovery that the local mayor called "stupendous." The discovery was made in Bay Sommersa, a marine-protected area and UNESCO World Heritage Site off the northern...

Archaeologists make stunning underwater discovery of ancient mosaic in sea off Italy

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An extremely rare discovery has just been made in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Tel el-Deir in Damietta. There, excavations have revealed dozens of burials that have been untouched for millennia; mudbrick chambers that still contained the precious treasures with which the dead had been interred more than 2,500 years ago.

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	Part of London Bridge, a grey steel and concrete product of the seventies, has been illuminated by a new 190-foot-long mosaic.The public artwork, titled In a River a Thousand Streams, is a collaboration between Camden’s London School of Mosaic (LSOM) and British artist and designer Adam Nathaniel Furman.London's V&A Museum Is Set to Open Taylor Swift Exhibition




	First proposed in 2016, the mosaic was started in 2022 and comprises 250,000 glass pieces in 28 different colors along a wall at London Bridge’s bus terminal. Seventy volunteers helped put it together and it’s LSOM’s largest commission to date.




	London Bridge, one of the...

London Bridge’s Bus Terminal Illuminated by New 190-Foot-Long Mosaic

Venturing back in time, a team of dedicated scientists have undertaken the formidable challenge of meticulously recreating the obscure scent worn by none other than the infamous Roman dictator, Julius Caesar. Known as ‘Telinum’, this distinctive scent was a highly coveted blend of nature’s bounty, meticulously crafted from an array...

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	Two activists from the protest group Just Stop Oil have been found guilty of criminal damage after throwing tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers.Supreme Court Rules Against Civil Liability Protections for the Sackler Family




	On October 14 of2022, Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland threw soup at the painting, housed at the at the National Gallery of Art in London, before super-glueing their hands to the nearby wall.




	BBC News reported that Judge Christopher Hehir told Plummer and Holland they “came within the width of a pane of glass of destroying one of the most valuable artworks in the world” and to...

Just Stop Oil Activists Who Threw Tomato Soup at Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ Get Prison Time

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	THE IRE OF RESTORERS. The Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Mirón, an 18th-century Spanish church in the northeastern city of Soria, was given a bold makeover that has left the building’s cherubim looking startled and local architecture lovers outraged. Professional restorers in Spain have even demanded explanations. The online newspaper El Confidencial, which describes the makeover as “a crime against heritage,” picked up on the concerns of a group, Soria Patrimonio (Soria Heritage) that had...

Church Makeover Goes Wrong, Giant Pigeon Lands on NYC High Line, BM & AG to Reopen Partially, and More: Morning Links for August 3, 2024

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	A Spanish man has been arrested in Madrid for his part in the attempted sale of a forged painting purported to have been by Leonardo da...

Sale of $1.4 M. Forged Leonardo da Vinci Painting Foiled by Customs Officers

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