Spain Unveils ‘Mona Lisa’ Copy Done by da Vinci Apprentice Published February 02, 2012 A copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa that was painted at the same time as the original in the same studio is displayed at the ...
Brown University Student Uncovers lost Malcolm X Speech PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America’s ...
A researcher discovers an erotic poem written by Lady Elizabeth Dacre inside a 450 year old book by Chaucer. Please click on the following link to read more of this detective/love story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45675395/# ...
On August 12, 1981, IBM introduced its first personal computer known as the IBM PC. The PC wasn’t the first personal computer. It was preceded by computers including the Apple II and Commodore PET. There were also several PC makers in the business ...
Twitter event #AskArchivists To get more attention for archives on Twitter there will be a Twitter event #AskArchivists on 2011 June 9th. This Twitter event is managed by Charlotte S H Jensen of the National Museum (National Museet) in Copenhagen ...
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has joined Ancestry. com, the online family history resource, to help people research the lives of Holocaust victims and survivors. The museum and Ancestry announced Tuesday that the museum will provide its millions of records ...
Famous poet’s writings as a Federal employee shed new light on his life and work Washington, DC…The National Archives today announced the identification of nearly 3,000 Walt Whitman documents written during his service as a Federal government employee. This trove ...
The Civil War collections of Binghamton University Libraries’ Special Collections were featured in this week’s Inside Binghamton University Magazine. An exhibit to highlight materials from the collections and to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War is on display ...
Google has already placed millions of books and historic documents online. Now, thanks to some generous external funding and intra-institutional wrangling, it’s the Dead Sea Scrolls’ turn. Although replicas of the Dead Sea Scrolls in various formats and levels of ...
The British Library has digitised over a quarter of its Greek manuscripts (284 volumes) for the first time and made them freely available online at www.bl.uk/manuscripts thanks to a generous grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The website provides researchers ...