Stop Press

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

30 September

• Stone-age toddlers had art lessons, study says
  Guardian, United Kingdom
  Research on Dordogne cave art shows children learned to finger-paint in palaeolithic age, approximately 13,000 years ago.

20 September

• Sada Mire: Uncovering Somalia's heritage
  BBC, United Kingdom
  Sada Mire fled Somalia's civil war as a child, and lived as a refugee in Sweden. But now she is back in the Horn of Africa as an archaeologist, making some incredible discoveries.

• Landmark museum building opens in Armenia
  The Independent, United Kingdom
  A landmark new building opened Tuesday at the Armenian museum for ancient manuscripts in the capital Yerevan, one of the largest collections of historically important documents in the world.

19 September

• Pompeii villa opens in Paris, but Roman ruins remain at risk in Italy
  Guardian, United Kingdom
  More than 200 artefacts loaned to Musée Maillol in Franco-Italian joint effort to highlight plight of Unesco heritage site.

18 September

• Les Journées du patrimoine ont attiré 12 millions de visiteurs
  Le Monde, France
  Plus de 12 millions de visiteurs ont participé à la 28e édition des Journées du patrimoine, organisées samedi et dimanche dans toute la France, a annoncé le ministère de la culture dans un communiqué.

• Preserving the textile heritage
  Borneo Post
  The historical links between Sarawak and India are evident not only in the similarities between their cultures but also their textiles.

• The British Museum is the first UK arts organisation to publish its collection semantically
  Art Daily
  The British Museum has now released a Semantic Web version of the database complementing the Collection Online search facility.

16 September

• Roma Academy of Arts and Sciences opens in Belgrade
  Southeast European Times
  For the first time in Roma history, an internationally recognised institution -- the Roma Academy of Arts and Sciences (RAAS) -- was established in Belgrade this month.

• Did Zombies Roam Medieval Ireland?
  Discovery News, United States
  Two early medieval skeletons were unearthed recently in Ireland with large stones wedged into their mouths -- evidence, archaeologists say, that it was feared the individuals would rise from their graves like zombies.

15 September

• Chris Ofili’s First Dung Paintings Found, In ‘Urgent Need of Conservation’
  Observer, United Kingdom
  The Art Newspaper has tracked down the earliest paintings by artist Chris Ofili to make use of elephant dung.

• Visible Only From Above, Mystifying 'Nazca Lines' Discovered in Mideast
  MSNBC, United States
  They stretch from Syria to Saudi Arabia, can be seen from the air but not the ground, and are virtually unknown to the public.

14 September

• Remove paint or rather build a new temple?
  The Times of India, India
  Should a huge budget of Rs 1.22 crore be used in removing enamel paint from the walls of 234 years old Kashi Vishwanath Temple when there is no guarantee that the already damaged walls will retain their strength. Or, should a plan be chalked out to rather replace the old building with a new one?

10 September

• Forgotten archaeological gems: The ancient turquoise mines of South Sinai
  Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt
  Rock inscriptions left by ancient Egyptian miners in South Sinai are rich with details of working conditions and weather, as well as praise for the pharaoh and the gods. They present a lively narrative of daily life that can be easily compared to modern business reports, or even a diary.

7 September

• Libya combs priceless ruins for war damage
  Al Arabiya News, United Arab Emirates
  Libyan archaeologists are beginning to inspect the country’s priceless historical sites, hoping part of their cultural heritage and economic future has not been ruined by war.

6 September

• Libya's other wealth: Archaeological treasures
  BBC, United Kingdom
  Before Moammar Gadhafi, there were the Phoenicians. And the Greeks. The Romans. The first Arabs. They're a reminder that no civilization -- and no leader -- is forever.

5 September

• West Village Residents Restore 9/11 Tiles
  NY1, United States
  One of the more personal memorials set up in the wake of the September 11th attacks is still being put back together after Hurricane Irene threatened to tear it all down.

4 September

• Rome monuments attacked by vandals
  BBC, United Kingdom
  Three historic monuments have been attacked by vandals in the Italian capital, Rome.

• On an ancient road again
  Sunday Times, Sri Lanka
  A group of archaeologists are retracing the historical and geo-graphical significance of the old Colombo, Kandy route.

3 September

• 4,500-year-old bones returned to B.C. First Nation
  CTV, Canada
  The ancient remains of 142 members of a First Nation have been repatriated in a B.C. grave, decades after being dug up by curious archaeologists.

1 September

• Christchurch museum ready to re-open
  3 News, New Zealand
  One of Christchurch's oldest buildings is opening its doors again, six months after the February earthquake.

updated on: 3 October, 2011