Did the former presence of huge bat colonies in the caves of southern France have an impact on palaeolithic rock art? This is the hypothesis put forward
The Colosseum in Rome. Photo by Thierry Monasse/picture alliance via Getty Images.
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What Happened With That Whole Burnt Banksy – The
New Yorker catches up with the artist who bought a Banksy drawing with $95,000 from investors, turned it into an NFT, and burned the original. “I’m trying to stay anonymous,” he said. “Dude, we’ve received so much hate. Some people are very, very angry.” (
British Museum Helps Return Looted Statue – A 2,000-year-old marble statue of a Greek goddess believed to be Persephone has been returned to Libya years after officials intercepted it at the U.K. border. With the assistance of the British Museum’s experts, who helped identify and store it, the rare and well-preserved marble was repatriated to the Libyan embassy in London on Monday. (