Light from Italy: From Fattori to Morandi – Masterpieces in dialogue from the Uffizi Galleries and the Latvian National Museum of Art, the exhibition
Research project at University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg in Frankfurt uncovers more Nazi plunder than expected
Hymn to Babylon discovered, the previously unknown hymn of praise comes from the period around 1000 BCE; it was copied by children at school
When ideas travel further than people: how the Neolithic way of life spread from the Fertile Crescent; a new study published in the journal Science
What happens when those affected by a loved one’s illness take centre stage in literature? What we keep silent about, literature speaks of
The new ‘cultural continuity’ hypothesis says we all try to preserve culture and keep traditions alive; a new study published in Psychological Review
An AI program trained to study the handwriting styles of centuries-old manuscripts from the Middle East suggests a different age of many of the Dead Sea Scrolls
“Florence and Europe. Arts of the Eighteenth Century at the Uffizi”, the exhibition with masterpieces by Goya, Tiepolo, Canaletto, Le Brun, Liotard, Mengs and many other masters
In the throne room of the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal in the ancient city of Nineveh, the archaeologists discovered large portions of a monumental relief
Lullabies soothe children to sleep in many cultures, but not all of them are child-friendly. The lyrics can address such topics as dead children and unfaithfulness