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Archaeologists Discover England’s Oldest Surviving Shipwreck
The 750-year-old medieval ship sank off the coast of Dorset during the 13th century, leaving behind remarkably preserved artifacts.
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Critics Roast Prince William and Kate Middleton's Official Portrait
The uncanny painting by artist Jamie Coreth has prompted speculations of a Dorian Gray-style bargain and drawn comparisons to Madame Tussauds's wax figures.
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Protesters Urge British Museum to Return the Parthenon Marbles
In an action at the museum this weekend, participants made impassioned speeches calling for the return of the sculptures and sang “Happy Birthday” to the Acropolis Museum.
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150-Year-Old Egg-Laying Mammal Specimens Found at Cambridge Museum
Collected in the late 1800s, the recently rediscovered platypus and echidna specimens were key to demonstrating that mammals could lay eggs.
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Greece and UK Agree to Formal Talks Over Parthenon Marbles
The UK has long refused to return the contested sculptures, which were stripped from the Parthenon in the 1800s.
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Margaret Thatcher Statue Egged Within Hours of Unveiling
Jeremy Webster of Leicester University’s Attenborough Arts Centre reportedly pelted the statue from behind a fence.
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SCAD Presents Alumni and Faculty Work at Photo London
Photographs by Savannah College of Art and Design artists Shine Huang, Josh Jalbert, and V. Elizabeth Turk are on view at the UK photo fair from May 12 to May 15.
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UK Recognizes NFTs as Property in Major Ruling for Crypto Theft
The judgment enables litigants to bring the full power of courts to seize stolen digital assets or compel repayment.
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Hundreds Storm British Museum to Protest Fossil Fuel Sponsorship
The daylong demonstration culminated in a mass action and occupation of the museum after hours.
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Glasgow Museums Will Repatriate 17 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Also slated for return are seven Indian artifacts and 25 Lakota items, some of them seized from the site of the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre.
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Plans to Build a Holocaust Memorial in London Halted
Campaigners against the proposal worried that the design would incur on green space and detract from a slavery abolition monument nearby.
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London's National Gallery Renames Degas’s "Russian Dancers" as "Ukrainian Dancers"
Calls to rename the mislabeled work have intensified since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.