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In Response to a Museum’s “Afrocentric” Egyptian Exhibition, Egypt Prohibits Dutch Archaeologists from Working on Excavations.

Pratiksha Shome Egyptian officials disallowed archaeologists from the Leiden National Museum of Antiquities from doing further excavations in the Saqqara necropolis after they offended them with their portrayal of ancient Egypt in the exhibition “Kemet: Egypt in Hip Hop, Jazz, Soul & Funk.” According to a leaked email from the chief of the Egyptian Antiquities […]

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This Tiny-Brained Human Species May Have Buried Their Dead, Regulated Fire, and Created Art.

Pratiksha Shome The size of the human brain has increased thrice throughout the millions of years that it has been evolving, and behaviour has become exponentially more complex. Simple stone tools were all that the early, small-brained hominins (human family members) could produce. Later, more intelligent ancestors created more advanced tools and established more sophisticated

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Indian 3D Artist SSR Krishna Invited to Renowned Street Art Festival in America

Tsuktiben Jamir The Downtown Minneapolis Street Art Festival is a highly acclaimed event that graces the heart of Minneapolis, USA, every year. This unique festival captures the essence of street art in all its vibrant forms, inviting locals and tourists to indulge in a captivating downtown art extravaganza. With its distinct charm, the festival unfolds

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Unveiling the Enigma: Unsubstantiated Claims of Rock Art and Burial Practices by Smaller-Brained Homo Naledi

Tsuktiben Jamir Despite having hands and feet that resembled those of modern humans, Homo naledi, a hominin found in the Rising Star cave system in Africa’s Cradle of Humankind, had a brain that was just one-third the size of a modern human, a trait that experts had previously ascribed to a sign of the species’

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Chef Vikas Khanna’s Version of the Mona Lisa Enjoying Indian Food

Tsuktiben Jamir The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has created a vast array of opportunities for us to play around with, as well as experiment and explore. People are now investigating the numerous tools and applications that AI technology offers to participate in exciting and creative endeavours due to its fast development. People are embracing

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Hidden Meaning of Bruegel’s Proverbs and Visual Narration of Human Folly

Krispin Joseph PX Pieter Bruegel brings many things into his paintings: Netherlandish landscapes, peasant scenes, and their life. Bruegel brings this vast landscape with people, mainly peasants, into the subject of art. Bruegel’s subjects always carry extensive topics; sometimes, other elements, like proverbs and children’s play, bring the canvas.  In Peter Bruegel’s time, religious subjects

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Italian Museums Display 750 Artefacts Recovered from Robin Symes, a Disgraced Antiquities Dealer

Pratiksha Shome Italy recently showed 750 artefacts that its Culture Ministry and heritage police agents had taken from the shut down business of convicted art dealer Robin Symes, believed to be worth $12.9 million. Clay vases, garment components, precious metals and jewels, weapons, tools, furniture, sarcophagi, burial urns, intricate mosaics, painted decorations, and a range

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