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Sep 25, 2020

Tiny Teapot Found in Derbyshire Garage Sells for £390k

A tiny teapot found during a lockdown clear-out has sold for £390,000 at auction.
The object, a Chinese wine ewer that may have belonged to an emperor, was found in Derbyshire by the 51-year-old as he went through boxes in a garage.
It was expected to fetch between £20,000 and £40,000 but instead sold for more than the average house.
The 8.5cm-high ewer was brought back from China by his grandfather, who was stationed there during World War Two.
It spent many years in his mother's display cabinet but eventually ended up in a box in a relative's garage in Church Gresley.

Sep 24, 2020

The Story of the Museum of Art and Photography and a Mural

Bengaluru's Museum of Art and Photography now sports a large, colourful façade featuring elements that make the city what it is.
There is a new addition to the Bengaluru cityscape. The façade of the Museum of Art and Photography (MAP) on Kasturba Road, which is under construction, has been transformed into a large, colourful mural.
The project was brought to life over 10 days by Aravani Art Project, a city-based cis and transwomen art collective. The artwork titled Story of Bangalore or Bengaluru Kathegalu, features the myriad people that make the bustling metropolis: from the morning walker and the pourakarmika to the traffic policeman, complete with orange reflector jacket.
The people in the mural remain faceless, painted in different shades of brown. The idea being, "it could be you".

Sep 21, 2020

Sarcophagi Buried for 2,500 Years Unearthed in Saqqara

A total of 27 sarcophagi buried more than 2,500 years ago have been unearthed by archaeologists in an ancient Egyptian necropolis.
They were found inside a newly-discovered well at a sacred site in Saqqara, south of the capital, Cairo.
Thirteen coffins were discovered earlier this month, but a further 14 have followed.
The discovery is now said by experts to be one of the largest of its kind.
Images released show colourfully painted well-preserved wooden coffins and other smaller artefacts.
Saqqara was an active burial ground for more than 3,000 years and is a designated Unesco World Heritage Site.
Initial studies indicate that these coffins are completely closed and haven't been opened since they were buried.

Sep 14, 2020

Splendid art Pavilion of Kakatiyas Needs Urgent Restoration

The Trikuta Temple at Muppram village in Warangal district is a living testimony to the Kakatiya rulers' passion for promoting and preserving natural paintings from the episodes of Ramayana in pristine forms.
The paintings of Ramayana, which are etched on the ceiling of the temple, are a connoisseur's delight. However, this precious and unique treasure of art now lies in shatter due to the apathy of officials concerned while nature's vagaries over the years have made them fade out. The temple itself is also in a state of neglect, which needs urgent restoration for preserving the Kakatiya heritage for future generations.
Telangana has a hoary history and possesses several ancient monuments of great archaeological, historical as well as cultural significance.

Sep 08, 2020

Egypt Discovers 2,500 Year-old Intact Coffins

Egyptian authorities announced the discovery of a collection of more than 13 intact sealed coffins dating back to 2,500 years ago.
The coffins were found at an archaeological site in Saqqara necropolis in Giza.
The coffins, along with three sealed niches, were unearthed inside an 11-meter-deep shaft.
Tourism and Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany and Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), visited the site and inspected the excavation work in the shaft.
The discovery marks the largest number of coffins found in one burial place since the discovery of the Asasif Cachette, referring to the discovery of 30 ancient coffins in October 2019 at Asasif cemetery in Upper Egypt's Luxor Province.

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