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Caravans of gold, fragments in time : art, culture, and exchange across medieval Saharan Africa / edited by Kathleen Bickford Berzock

Critiqued by Risham Majeed in Art bulletin (New York) 103 (1) March 2021, pages 140-146; reviewed by Ingrid Greenfield in African arts (Los Angeles) 53 (3) autumn 2020, pages 91-93 (N1.A258). AFA copy ...
Hyperallergic

In Centering West Africa, an Exhibition Tells Another Story of the Medieval Period

Atlas of Maritime Charts (The Catalan Atlas) [detail of Mansa Musa], Abraham Cresque (1375) Mallorca; parchment mounted on six wood panels, illuminated (Bibliothèque nationale de France) In fact, by ...
Artnet

Lost Fragments of the Historic Stone of Destiny Come to Light in New Research

New research reveals the Stone of Destiny has fragmented over time, with pieces scattered worldwide. Researcher Sally Foster has traced these lost fragments to museums, jewelry, and even a royal ...
Artnet

Newly Rediscovered Fragment of Epic Bayeux Tapestry Goes on Display

The historical saga of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 is chronicled across the 230-foot-long Bayeux Tapestry, one of the most amazing yet mysterious art historical marvels of all time. Now, a ...
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National Museum of Asian Art Announces the Transfer of Ancient Manuscript Fragments to China

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has deaccessioned fragments of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts (fourth–third century B.C.E.) from its collection and formally transferred them to the ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Uncovered Euripides fragments are ‘kind of a big deal’

CU Boulder Classics scholars identify previously unknown fragments of two lost tragedies by Greek tragedian Euripides After months of intense scrutiny, two University of Colorado Boulder scholars have ...