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Ancient looted statue returned to Libya Written by Jack Guy, CNN An ancient statue, believed to be looted from Libya during the civil war, has been returned to the countrys authorities. The 2nd century BC figure, some 2,200 years old, was seized at London Heathrow airport several years ago, after being illicitly imported, according to a press release from the British Museum. In 2013, experts from the museum were called upon to help identify the item and immediately informed the UK tax authori...

A bottle of Bordeaux wine that was aged for 14 months on the International Space Station (ISS) is up for sale -- and it could fetch $1 million.

Written by Jack Guy, CNN Musician Billie Eilish says she is taking back her power by speaking out against systemic abuse, body positivity and the unrealistic expectations placed on young women. In the cover story for British Vogues June edition, 19-year-old Eilish spoke with journalist Laura Snapes about her new single and her evolving relationship with her own body. The accompanying photo shoot sees the multiple Grammy winner eschew her trademark oversized silhouette in favor of a series of ...

architecture Published 19th April 2021 Written by Jack Guy, CNN A conservation group is offering members of the public the chance to donate to restore specific artifacts at the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, which was partially destroyed by fire in 2019. Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris is running a crowdfunding campaign designed to boost the rebuilding project, and supporters can choose what their money is used for -- from saints to alarming stone "grotesques." The stone "grotesques" sit in the...

Dozens of fragments of a Dead Sea Scroll bearing biblical text have been found by archaeologists working in the Judean Desert, the Israeli government said Tuesday.

A translator for Amanda Gormans poem has been dropped in Spain CNN has also contacted Gormans publisher, Viking Studio, and its parent company, Penguin, for comment. Gorman is the US youth poet laureate and was one of the breakout stars of US President Joe Bidens inauguration, where she read "The Hill We Climb." The publishers decision comes shortly after Dutch writer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld handed back a commission to translate Gormans work, following a backlash from critics who questioned why...

Feb 27, 2021 The Columbiana County 40 & 8 Vouture 273 of Columbiana welcomed an artful donation recently. Mike Seabolt of Metal Master Custom Art of New Waterford and Bob Bertelsen of APlus Powdercoaters of Columbiana are shown presenting Jack Guy, Chef de Gare of the 40 & 8, new custom signage that they partnered to create in order to bring attention to the group and its mission. La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux (The Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses) is an independent, invit...

Feb 20, 2021 The Columbiana County 40 & 8 Vouture 273 of Columbiana welcomed an artful donation recently. Mike Seabolt of Metal Master Custom Art of New Waterford and Bob Bertelsen of APlus Powdercoaters of Columbiana are shown presenting Jack Guy, Chef de Gare of the 40 & 8, new custom signage that they partnered to create in order to bring attention to the group and its mission. La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux (The Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses) is an independent, invi...

Written by Jack Guy, CNN Archeologists have uncovered the remains of a 12th century bathhouse at a popular bar in the city of Seville, southern Spain. Cerveceria Giralda has been operating in the heart of the city since 1923, but the bar is housed in a building with a far longer history. While the vaulted ceilings suggested it could have been a bathhouse, and historical records said there had been one in the area, no one had found concrete evidence of its existence, archeologist Fernando Amores...

A disused Ikea store in the UK could be converted into a new national art center exhibiting some of the country's "greatest works of art."