Stop Press

A compilation of media articles on heritage topics. Obviously, these all reflect the viewpoints of the authors.

19 July

• Maya Royal Tomb Found Beneath El Diablo Pyramid
  Heritage Key, United Kingdom
  Archaeologists excavating in the Guatamalan jungle have discovered a royal tomb, filled with colourful 1,600-year-old Mayan artefacts, beneath the El Diablo pyramid.

17 July

• Vatican Paper: New Caravaggio May Have Been Found
  CBS News, United States
  The Vatican newspaper reported Saturday that a new Caravaggio painting may have been found in Rome, but cautioned that further analyses are required before it can be attributed for certain to the Italian master.

16 July

• French scientists crack secrets of Mona Lisa
  Washington Post, United States
  The enigmatic smile remains a mystery, but French scientists say they have cracked a few secrets of the "Mona Lisa."

• 300 Looted Antiquities Displayed in the Colosseum
  Heritage Key, United Kingdom
  More than 300 looted antiquities, estimated to be worth more than EUR15 million, were displayed to the press this morning in Rome, having been repatriated to Italy after they were discovered in a warehouse in Switzerland.

15 July

• Ground Zero diggers uncover hull of 18th century ship
  The Guardian, United Kingdom
  Workers excavating the World Trade Centre site have unearthed the 10-metre hull of a ship believed to have been buried in the 18th century.

14 July

• Culture Beyond Oil Spills Inside British Museum: Activism or Terrorism?
  Heritage Key, United Kingdom
  Jon Himoff: A group of three people dressed in black veils entered the British Museum and solemnly spilled an oil substance near the iconic Eastern Island Moai statue as a form of protest against BP for the Gulf Oil spill disaster.

7 July

• As Rome Modernizes, Its Past Quietly Crumbles
  NY Times, United States
  Collapses this spring at a couple of ancient sites here caused weary archaeologists to warn, yet again, about other imminent calamities threatening Rome’s precarious architectural birthright.

• German Museum Finds Rare Ludwig Kirchner in Cellar
  Art Daily, United Kingdom
  A German museum has discovered what it believes to be a previously unknown work by German Expressionist artist Ludwig Kirchner that languished in its cellar for decades.

6 July

• As Rome Modernizes, Its Past Quietly Crumbles
  New York Times, United States
  Michael Kimmelman: Collapses this spring at a couple of ancient sites here caused weary archaeologists to warn, yet again, about other imminent calamities threatening Rome’s precarious architectural birthright.

4 July

• SS Great Britain: From seabed to national treasure
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  Andrew Bomford: After 37 years sitting on the seabed in the Falklands, the SS Great Britain was brought back home to Bristol in 1970. Exactly 40 years since its return, it has been restored to its former glory with a little help from the Duke of Edinburgh.

1 July

• Female 'gladiator' remains found in Herefordshire
  BBC News, Royaume-Uni
  Archaeologists in Herefordshire have uncovered the remains of what could possibly be a female gladiator.

• Rio's restored Christ the Redeemer statue unveiled
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  Brazil's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue has been unveiled after a $4 million (£2.7m) restoration.

updated on: 30 July, 2010