Culture
Review: “Vikings: Warriors of the North Sea”
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Sprocket Wagner reviews “Vikings: Warriors of the North Sea,” on exhibit at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Science Museum until September 4th.
Book Reviews
A Museum’s Worker Take on Repatriations
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Lyonel Perabo reviews “The Museum of Other People” by Adam Kuper and uses his experiences as a museum guide to consider the problems of repatriating artifacts and artworks.
News
A 7,000-year-old figurine may hold secrets about ancient rituals on the Italian Peninsula
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A newly-discovered “unique” and enigmatic figure may open a new chapter in understanding the the human history of the Italian Peninsula.
News
Two discoveries in the Mediterranean shed light on ancient cultures and gods
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Two discoveries, one in Italy and the other in Spain, shed some understanding on ancient cultures and how their gods moved about and were represented in art.
Europe
Investigating the evidence for ancient Celtic tattooing
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SianLuc Heart discusses the possible sources and scholarship for an ancient Celtic practicing of tattooing.