Today: November 08, 2024
Today: November 08, 2024

Cultural Heritage

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Georgia's Gullah-Geechee community seeks path forward after deadly dock collapse

The partial collapse of a ferry dock that left seven people dead during an annual cultural festival has left a historic Black community in Georgia struggling with how to move forward

Georgia's Gullah-Geechee community seeks path forward after deadly dock collapse
Arts|Entertainment|Food|Lifestyle|Travel

Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole heritage will be showcased at 50th annual Festivals Acadiens et Creoles

Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole heritage will take center stage when the Festivals Acadiens et Creoles marks a half-century of honoring and celebrating the culture through music, arts, food and community

Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole heritage will be showcased at 50th annual Festivals Acadiens et Creoles
News

Thousands gather in Ethiopia's capital to celebrate a religious festival. Many are thinking of peace

Thousands of Ethiopians have gathered in the capital city to celebrate an annual religious festival distinguished by the lighting of bonfires according to the beliefs of the local Orthodox Christian faithful

Thousands gather in Ethiopia's capital to celebrate a religious festival. Many are thinking of peace
Arts|Asia|News|World

Cambodia's prime minister welcomes artifacts returned by New York's Met and other collections

Cambodia’s prime minister has led a celebration of the return of dozens of precious centuries-old artifacts from museums and private collectors abroad, and said his government will continue working with others to bring home more such cultural treasures

Cambodia's prime minister welcomes artifacts returned by New York's Met and other collections
Arts|News|Uncategorized

Museums closed Native American exhibits 6 months ago. Tribes are still waiting to get items back

Native American artifacts have remained out of public view but still very much in the hands of some of the nation’s largest museums some six months after institutions closed and covered exhibits in response to new federal regulations

Museums closed Native American exhibits 6 months ago. Tribes are still waiting to get items back
Opinion|Sports

This is one of the oldest games in North America. You've likely never heard of it

Indigenous peoples have been playing stickball for centuries

This is one of the oldest games in North America. You've likely never heard of it
Arts|Crime|News|World

Looted after a war, priceless antiquities brought back to Cyprus

Cyprus has taken delivery of priceless antiquities looted after war split the island in 1974, as part of an ongoing effort to trace and repatriate thousands of artefacts fenced

Looted after a war, priceless antiquities brought back to Cyprus
Americas|Arts|News|World

Antiquities returning to Mexico include Mayan vase sold for $4 in US store

The Mexican government will welcome back 20 cultural artifacts that date to the country's storied ancient past, all found in the United States including a Mayan vase over 1,000

Antiquities returning to Mexico include Mayan vase sold for $4 in US store
Arts|Europe|Travel

Dutch tourist accused of defacing ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum

A Dutch tourist has defaced a frescoed wall in an ancient Roman house in Herculaneum, near Naples, damaging a building that survived the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD,

Dutch tourist accused of defacing ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum
Arts|Europe|Science|Travel|World

4,000-year-old Greek hilltop site mystifies archaeologists. It could spell trouble for new airport

A big, round, 4,000-year-old stone building discovered on a Cretan hilltop is puzzling archaeologists and threatening to disrupt a major airport project on the Greek tourist island

4,000-year-old Greek hilltop site mystifies archaeologists. It could spell trouble for new airport
Arts|News|World

Oxford University to return bronze sculpture of Hindu saint to India

Oxford University has agreed to return a 500-year-old bronze sculpture of a Hindu saint to India

Oxford University to return bronze sculpture of Hindu saint to India
Arts|Crime|Europe|News|World

US vows more returns of looted antiquities as Italy celebrates latest haul of 600 artifacts

Italy is celebrating the return of around 600 antiquities from the U.S. They were looted years ago, sold to U.S. museums and collectors and recovered as a result of criminal investigations

US vows more returns of looted antiquities as Italy celebrates latest haul of 600 artifacts
Americas|News|Videos|World

In Bolivia's Andes, neighbors settle disputes with Tinku ritual combat

In the high altitude Bolivian town of San Pedro de Macha, hundreds of Indigenous Quechua men and women take to the streets for a ritual

In Bolivia's Andes, neighbors settle disputes with Tinku ritual combat
Arts|Europe|News|World

European court upholds Italy's right to seize prized Greek bronze from Getty Museum, rejects appeal

A European court has upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J

European court upholds Italy's right to seize prized Greek bronze from Getty Museum, rejects appeal
Asia|Crime|World

'Our gods were locked in the basement.' Now Nepal is pursuing sacred items once smuggled abroad

An unknown number of sacred statues of Hindu deities were stolen and smuggled abroad in the past

'Our gods were locked in the basement.' Now Nepal is pursuing sacred items once smuggled abroad
Africa|Celebrity|Lifestyle|News|World

An auction of Nelson Mandela's possessions is suspended as South Africa fights to keep them

The planned auction of dozens of items that belonged to Nelson Mandela has been suspended pending a court application to completely halt it

An auction of Nelson Mandela's possessions is suspended as South Africa fights to keep them
Americas|Arts|News|US|World

A famed NYC museum is closing two Native American halls. Harvard and others have taken similar steps

New York City’s American Museum of Natural History is closing two halls featuring Native American objects

A famed NYC museum is closing two Native American halls. Harvard and others have taken similar steps
Arts|Europe|News|World

Fire destroys thousands works of art at the main gallery in Georgia's separatist region of Abkhazia

Thousands of artworks have been destroyed in a fire that swept through the main art gallery in Abkhazia in a severe blow to the cultural heritage of the separatist Georgian region

Fire destroys thousands works of art at the main gallery in Georgia's separatist region of Abkhazia
Arts|Europe|News|World

How a group of ancient sculptures sparked a dispute between Greece and the UK

Britain and Greece were able to differ for decades over the world’s toughest cultural heritage dispute

How a group of ancient sculptures sparked a dispute between Greece and the UK
Economy|Environment|Lifestyle

Navajo sheep herding at risk from climate change. Some young people push to maintain the tradition

Raising sheep is a way of life for many people in Navajo Nation, but a host of factors threaten that livelihood

Navajo sheep herding at risk from climate change. Some young people push to maintain the tradition
News|US|World

Centuries after Native American remains were dug up, a new law returns them for reburial in Illinois

Illinois officials and Native Americans whose ancestors called the state home hope a new state law will speed the recovery and reburial of their relatives' remains unearthed over the past two centuries

Centuries after Native American remains were dug up, a new law returns them for reburial in Illinois

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