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Archaeologists Identify 5,500-Year-Old Megalithic Tombs in Poland

An archaeologist excavating the tomb’s stone enclosure. Photo courtesy the Complex of Landscape Parks of the Wielkopolska Voivodeship. Archaeologists recently discovered two megalithic tombs built 5,500 years ago in Dezydery Chłapowski Landscape Park in west-central Poland. The tombs are considered among the largest sepulchral structures built in prehistoric Poland and commonly known as “Polish pyramids”, …

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Weill Cornell Moves Forward at Sotheby’s Old HQ Despite Federal Cuts

Sotheby’s York Avenue headquarters. Getty Images A planned research facility by Weill Cornell Medicine at 1334 York Avenue—the former headquarters of Sotheby’s—is moving forward despite a federal funding freeze that has disrupted hundreds of research projects across the university. A story published on July 22 in Crain’s, citing data from S&P, claimed the auction house was “exposed to the turmoil” …

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Banksy’s ‘Migrant Child’ Removed From Venice Wall for Restoration

Migrant Child (2019), by British street artist Banksy in Venice. VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images A fading Banksy mural in Venice has been removed from the side of a palazzo for restoration, according to The Associated Press, two years after officials first sparked debate by introducing the unconventional option. Titled Migrant Child, the piece shows a child in …

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Archaeologists in Peru Unveil Ancient 3,500-Year-Old City of Peñico

An aerial view of a building structure in Peñico. Courtesy Peruvian Ministry of Culture Peru’s Ministry of Culture recently revealed the archaeological site of Peñico after eight years of research and conservation work. Located in the province of Huaura, the 3,500-year-old “City of Social Integration” dates back to 1800 BCE and was strategically located “to …

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Bonhams to Auction ‘Downton Abbey’ Costumes, Props Ahead of Final Film Release

Dame Maggie Smith and Hugh Bonneville in “Downton Abbey” Series Six. Courtesy Carnival Films/Nick Briggs via WWD BACK IN TIME: Attention all “Downton Abbey” fans who are finding it hard to say farewell to the franchise. To coincide with the release of the third and final “Downton Abbey” film in September, Bonhams is holding a farewell exhibition and auction of props, costumes …

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Nan Goldin Addresses Israel’s War in Gaza During Arles Talk: ‘Whose Lives Matter?’

Nan Goldin. Photo Stpehane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty Images The photographer Nan Goldin once again publicly addressed Israel’s war in Gaza this week, this time during a talk given at the Rencontres d’Arles photography festival in France. Goldin, the recipient of Kering’s Women in Motion award this year, took the stage at the Théâtre Antique on …

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Homeland Security Targets Chicago’s National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture

Security footage of unidentified agents attempting to enter the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture. Courtesy National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture Agents from the Department of Homeland Security descended upon the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture in Chicago on Tuesday, with at least 15 DHS vehicles arriving …

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