Sep 24 Watch Protecting ancient treasures from becoming casualties in Iraq and Syria By PBS News Hour Northern Iraq boasts thousands of archaeological sites dating to the beginning of civilization, and they are being destroyed by the Islamic State militants. Meanwhile, more than three years of civil war in Syria has laid waste to much of the… Continue watching
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Jun 24 Explorers close in on 17th-century Great Lakes shipwreck By Lorna Baldwin Shipwreck hunter Steve Libert thinks he has found the remains of the Griffin… Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch Egyptian scholar fights archaeological looting with exposure on social media By PBS News Hour In the aftermath of Egypt's 2011 revolution and resulting political turmoil, the nation's treasured antiquities have been increasingly under threat of looting, vandalism and violence. In our series Culture at Risk, Jeffrey Brown examines the emergency facing Egypt’s rich archaeological… Continue watching
Apr 28 Fifty royal mummies unearthed in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings By Justin Scuiletti The remains, which included those of newborn babies, princes and princesses, are believed to date back to the 18th Pharaonic dynasty. Wooden coffins and death masks, dating from 1567 to 1085 BC, were found beside the mummies, Ibrahim said to… Continue reading
May 02 Watch Archaeologists Make Grisly Discovery About Starvation at Jamestown Settlement According to historians, the people who settled Jamestown, America's first permanent English community, arrived during the worst drought in 800 years. Accounts from the time tell of residents forced to eat dogs, cats, rodents and shoe leather. But a recent… Continue watching
Mar 08 The Daily Frame By Molly Finnegan Museum mount maker Richard West stands next to St. Oran's Cross -- the world's first Celtic cross dating to the 8th century -- in his workshop in Selkirk, Scotland. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch The Last Days of Mes Aynak Documentary filmmaker Brent Huffman on Mes Aynak… Continue watching
Sep 02 Thursday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a fire at the Phillips Collection and California passes a new law on stolen art. Continue reading
Aug 31 Tuesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the White House announces the launch of a new dance performance series. Continue reading