Encyclopaedia Britannica: After 244 years in print, only digital copies sold Encyclopaedia Britannica cost $1400 for a full 32-volume print edition. Only 4,000 are left in stock. Now, the Encyclopaedia Britannica will only be available in digital versions. By Christine ...
By Matthew Kalman, Jerusalem In a case that has roiled scholars around the world in a broad range of disciplines, the Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday acquitted an Israeli antiquities collector, Oded Golan, of forging dozens of priceless archaeological artifacts, including ...
New findings on lost mural March 13 2012 at 09:53am By Sapa-AP The search for Leonardo da Vinci’s The Battle of Anghiari is being conducted in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio. The project is being led by the National Geographic Society and ...
This February 2012 photo provided by Heritage Auctions in Dallas shows a movie poster for the 1931 film “The Public Enemy” featuring James Cagney. This and other rare classic movie theater posters found in a northeastern Pennsylvania attic are scheduled ...
Full Titanic site mapped for 1st time By CLARKE CANFIELD, Associated Press SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Researchers have pieced together what’s believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire 3-by-5-mile (5-by-8-kilometer) Titanic debris field and hope it ...
Where we used to live – new website of maps from the past launched The broadest single collection of historical maps from around the world is now available online. The JISC-funded Old Maps Online, described by its creators as like Google ...
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens A carved redwood relief by the artist Sargent Johnson. By CAROL POGASH Published: February 20, 2012 BERKELEY, Calif. — Everybody misplaces something sometime. But it is not easy for the University of California, ...
WELLESLEY, Mass. (AP) — “I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett …” So begins the first love letter to 19th-century poet Elizabeth Barrett from her future husband, fellow poet Robert Browning. Their 573 love letters, which capture their courtship, ...
Visual History of the World Timeline By Maria Popov A journey through man’s attempts at visualizing time itself I was recently asked to select my all-time favorite books for the lovely Ideal Bookshelf project by The Paris Review‘s Thessaly la Force. ...
NJ museum finds recording of Otto von Bismarck GEOFF MULVIHILL The Associated Press An 1880’s phonograph is displayed in the Laboratory Complex at Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The phonograph is inscribed ...