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British Museum Wants Your Help Finding Stolen Artifacts
The London institution launched a website to recover reportedly hundreds of missing items, some suspected stolen by a former employee.
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Foliage-Loving Influencers Turn Life in Vermont Town Into Hell
The town of Pomfret is restricting access to a popular photo spot after complaints of excessive traffic, trespassing, and noise.
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Melting Glacial Ice in Norway Reveals Intact Bronze-Age Arrow
"Most of the ice here in Norway will be gone in this century. You can say that we are melting back in time," said archaeologist Lars Holger Pilø.
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$1.5M Buddha Statue Stolen From LA Gallery
The 250-pound bronze sculpture was taken from Barakat Gallery’s outdoor space in West Hollywood.
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Monument to Japanese-Canadian History Dismantled in Ontario
Locals expressed anger and sadness over the city’s decision to remove the Temple Bell less than a month after its creator architect Raymond Moriyama's death.
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$500M Performing Arts Center Opens Near World Trade Center
The idea for the Perelman Center was conceived in 2003 as a way to revitalize the neighborhood in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
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Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Found in English Palace Storeroom
"Susanna and the Elders" (c. 1638–39) had been misattributed and stowed away in rough condition at the Hampton Court Palace in Surrey.
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Who Are the Climate Activists Dressing Up as Orcas?
The marine mammal has emerged as a symbol of the capitalism-driven destruction of the planet, with protesters “orcanizing” for Climate Week actions.
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Moss-Covered Activists Protest Penn Station Neighborhood Over-Development
A proposed plan to expand the train station and “revitalize” the Midtown area would evict hundreds of residents, activists say.
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MoMA and Morgan Library Among Museums Returning Nazi-Looted Art
Seven Egon Schiele works that belonged to Austrian-Jewish cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum were handed back to his heirs.
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New York Gets Its Very Own “Little Prince” Sculpture
Marking the 80th anniversary of Antoine de Saint Exupéry’s book, a bronze statue of the beloved traveler can now be seen on Fifth Avenue.
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Archaeologists Find Remarkably Intact 2,000-Year-Old Child’s Shoe
The discovery dating back to the Iron Age indicates that children may have worked in the present-day Austrian region’s salt mines.