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Hong Kong Pulls Out Stops To Mark 20 Years of Chinese Rule
A multi-million dollar programme of events in Hong Kong will mark 20 years since the city was handed back to China by...
Mystery Surrounds Treasure Trove of Gold Coins Hidden In Piano
Investigators have been left scratching their heads as to why a treasure trove of gold coins was hidden in an old...
South Africa’s ‘chicken Feather’ Painter Brushes Off Fame
Esther Mahlangu's colourful geometric artwork is exhibited in galleries around the world, but she remains in her South...
‘Painter Who Hated Painting’ Dies At 84
British artist Sir Howard Hodgkin has died at the age of 84. The Turner Prize-winner was well known for saying in...
British Museum Training Iraqi Experts To Save Mosul Heritage
As Iraqi forces fight to take back Mosul from the Islamic State group, archaeologists trained by the British Museum are...
Icom Issues Red List Of West African Cultural Objects At Risk
‘It is indeed unfortunate that so much Nok material has been looted over time to supply the international art market....
The Idolatry of Men Swearing Oaths By A Cross!!
Part I On December 30, 2016, former President John Dramani Mahama, who was yet to hand over the reins of the Government...
Did Egyptians Never Ask For The Restitution Of Nefertiti?
“The restitution of those cultural objects which our museums and collections, directly or indirectly, possess thanks...
Did Egyptians Never Ask For The Restitution Of Nefertiti? Universal Museum Enthusiast Wrestles With Veracity And Reality
“The restitution of those cultural objects which our museums and collections, directly or indirectly, possess thanks...
Why Protestant Christians Are No Better Than Roman Catholics! (Part I)
Readers of this column of mine may have been starved of my teachings for a while seeing as it’s now been over two...
Cambridge Resorts To Worn-Out Security Argument To Refuse Returning Looted Benin Artefact
The very respectable English University of Cambridge has resorted to the discredited argument of security of artefacts...
Ai Weiwei Exhibition In Vienna
"Two robbers breaking into a museum, devastating, looting and burning, leaving laughing hand-in-hand with their bags...
Ghanaian Master Coffin Maker Parades Streets of Nottingham
Ghanaian master coffin maker, Joseph Tetteh Ashong (Paa Joe) paraded his coffins on the streets of Nottingham on August...