9+ hour, 4+ min ago   (12+ words) On this day in 1940, 17,000-year-old artwork was discovered in France...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (173+ words) Kursiv Media Казахстан: последние новости Казахстана и мира Renowned Kazakh collector Azat Akimbek has showcased a rare and valuable manuscript from his collection — a Torah scroll dating to the late 18th century and believed to have been produced by the Jewish…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (246+ words) Newser Presumed Ice Age Cave Art Rewrites Ireland's History Ireland's earliest known residents may have walked in from Wales, researchers say, citing evidence written on cave walls. An international team has identified eight caves in southwest Ireland bearing engravings, ochre…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (682+ words) A rare 15th-century royal document from Louis XI's court was identified using advanced imaging after it went unnoticed for years in a University of Toronto collection. A lost letter from a pope could rewrite the story of one of history's…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (890+ words) Every second Wednesday, like clockwork, my salary arrives in my bank account. By Thursday, most of it is gone. Recently, though, as I contemplated its fortnightly appearance and disappearance, I started thinking about the origin of the word “salary”. As…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (660+ words) A new study uses Hasmonean history and evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls to address a decades-old mystery. For decades, researchers have debated whether the Qumran sect’s unusual 364-day calendar ever governed daily religious life or existed only as an…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (486+ words) Noguera comes from a family with a long history of pottery. She and her sisters learned the craft from their mother, Mercedes Noguera, a recognised ceramicist who devoted her life to the art of pottery. Mercedes continued working even while…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (246+ words) Christ in the Clock, from: Chagall: Jacques Lassaign… (1957) by Marc Chagall - For Sale Artsy This is an original lithograph in colours by Marc Chagall. - Mourlot, F., & Sorlier, C., (1963). Chagall: The Lithographs II: 1957-1962 (Catalogue Raisonné). D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (174+ words) Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it.This week, from February: For…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (42+ words) Nacionalinis muziejus Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės valdovų rūmai © National Museum – Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania Katedros a. 4, LT-01143 Vilnius, institution code 302297628, tel. +370 5 212 7476, [email protected]...