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BY Culture24
22.04.2016
Comedies, histories and tragedies: Inside a magnificent 17th century Willliam Shakespeare Third Folio
This Third Folio of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories and Tragedies was published in 1685. Adam Douglas, Senior Books Specialist at leading rare books firm Peter Harrington, takes a closer...
BY Culture24
20.04.2016
Archaeologists have found a Roman child's stone coffin and a mosaic at a former villa site in Wiltshire
Rug designer Luke Irwin and Historic England Archaeologist Dr David Roberts on the incredible discovery of what could be one of the country's largest Roman villas near a house in Wiltshire Rug...
BY Culture24
22.04.2016
Looking for Shakespeare: A Heritage trail in search of The Bard
To celebrate Shakespeare 400 we look the best places to visit and the finest collections to seek out when tracking down William Shakespeare. Follow our guide to follow in the footsteps of The...
BY Culture24
19.04.2016
"A rescue intervention": 20 years on, report reveals medieval shoes, cutlery and more found at Scottish shopping centre
A new report shows the medieval shoes, pottery, cutlery and antlers found during a shopping centre development in Scotland A forest of piles, including one misaligned pile, at St John's Shopping...
BY Culture24
20.04.2016
Archaeologists excavate two hidden Roman baths beneath the streets of Bath
Two hidden Roman baths are excavated in Bath as part of a new Roman Baths learning centre © Bath and North East Somerset Council In a dark passage below Bath, archaeologists have been excavating two...
BY Culture24
20.04.2016
Object of the Week: William Shakespeare's First Folio, as owned by King George III
George III's copy of the First Folio will spend the 400th anniversary of its writer's death in Newcastle - open at A Midsummer Night's Dream © Courtesy Garry Smith / Newcastle City Council...
BY Culture24
18.04.2016
Archaeologists discover skeletons of cows and pony, domestic oven and industrial complex at medieval Scottish townhouse
From wells to a pony, a huge dig at the 13th century Town House in the Scottish town of Irvine has produced some amazing archaeological finds. Claire Williamson, who is leading the project for...
BY Culture24
18.04.2016
Power games over the sky: Artist Hajra Waheed brings first solo UK show to BALTIC
Hajra Waheed grew up under strict regulations including the prohibition of photographic and video documentation by civilians. Born in Canada, she was raised within the gated community of Saudi...
BY Culture24
15.04.2016
Anglo-Saxon graves and Neolithic pits and monuments found at MOD army base where anti-tank weapons were tested
The graves of men, women and children could have contained members of the same families on Salisbury Plain This workbox was found in the grave of a woman on Ministry of Defence land in Bulford ©...
BY Culture24
16.04.2016
Shamans packed skulls with clay and burnt brains inside them in prehistoric Europe
Modified red deer heads from the Early Holocene provide the earliest known evidence of shamanic costume. Now archaeologists have recreated them This is how a burnt crania, containing cooked brain,...
BY Culture24
03.05.2016
Win a copy of Face: Shape and Angle, Helen Muspratt Photographer
As Pallant House Gallery shows the photographs of pioneering photographer Helen Muspratt we have copies of her monograph to give away to lucky winners Face: Shape and Angle - Helen Muspratt,...
Museo de Chiclana
14.04.2016
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The building that now houses the Museum is known as the Briones house, named for the family that long owned and inhabited it. This 18th century building, its façade a beautiful example of civil...
BY Culture24
14.04.2016
Artist uses X-ray scans of King Richard III's skull to create a forensic record of his remains
Alexander de Cadenet has used X-rays of the skull of Richard III to create a series of vanitas artworks more than 500 years after the king's death © Alexander de Cadenet / University of Leicester In...
BY Culture24
11.04.2016
Curator's Choice: Lovers, guns and African goddesses as Sokari Douglas Camp takes inspiration from Botticelli
Taking a leaf from the revisions of Botticelli, Sokari Douglas Camp’s new works breathes life into antique forms, says October Gallery’s Gerard Houghton Sokari Douglas Camp, Europe Supported by...
BY Culture24
11.04.2016
Huge pink granite Pictish stone moves into Scotland's oldest independent museum
Between the 3rd and 9th centuries, Scotland was the place to go if you wanted to see artists working in stone Try the 3D model of the Craigellachie Stone The Picts loved to etch into huge boulders...
BY Culture24
10.04.2016
A guaíza: The tiny sculpture of a face found by archaeologists at an indigenous Dominican Republic house
Described by its finders as "enigmatic", this sculpted face was buried by a house in the Dominican Republic, as archaeologist Alice Samson, from the University of Leicester, explains © Courtesy...
BY Culture24
07.04.2016
New copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio emerges on Scotland's Isle of Bute
A prized Shakespeare First Folio, once owned by an 18th century editor, bears the fingerprints of its former owners © Mount Stuart A new copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio – the collection of 36...
BY Culture24
07.04.2016
Beasts, a salient pig, Wilfred Owen's poetry and Magna Carta: 12 of the Bodleian Library's best
The most expensive printed book ever sold at auction - sold for $14.2 million - is part of the collection at the Bodleian, where it's in fine company This souvenir comes from a women’s suffrage...
BY Culture24
06.04.2016
Object of the Week: A Polynesian fertility sculpture designed to carry a human skull and bones
This recast of A’a, at the British Museum, comes from a skull-carrying sculpture which has been shown across the world and was admired by Henry Moore © British Museum In 1821, islanders on the...
BY Culture24
06.04.2016
