Monday, November 3, 2014

NOTEWORTHY NEWS ARTICLES

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DISCOVERER OF LUCY SKELETON HOPES TO FIND WHAT MADE US HUMAN
40 years after Lucy find, what next?
By Deborah Netburn.  LA Times, November 1, 2014.
http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-lucy-qa-20141101-story.html

SYRIAN OFFICIAL HONORED FOR WORK PROTECTING ANTIQUITIES
By Graham Bowley.  NY Times.  October 25, 2014.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/25/syrian-official-honored-for-work-protecting-antiquities/

WHERE MUD IS ARCHAEOLOGICAL GOLD, RUSSIAN HISTORY GREW ON TREES
By David M. Herszenhorn.  NY Times, October 19, 2014.

IN INDONESIA, TOO, ART WAS BORN
Cave illustrations on Sulawesi Island are found to be about as old as Europe's earliest examples.
By Deborah Netburn.  LA Times, October 11, 2014.

ANTIQUITIES LOST, CASUALTIES OF WAR
In Syria and Iraq, trying to protect a heritage at risk.
By Graham Bowley.  NY Times, October 5, 2014.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/arts/design/in-syria-and-iraq-trying-to-protect-a-heritage-at-risk.html?_r=0

TRACKING ART COLLECTION'S FUTURE
An American living in Kenya aims to protect his famous home and gallery from being razed by a rail line.
By Christopher Goffard.  LA Times, September 28, 2014.
http://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-kenya-donovan-house-20140928--story.html

STATES EYE TOUGHER IVORY LAWS AMID POACHING SURGE
Environmental groups target California in an effort to stop illegal killing of elephants.
By Marianne LeVine.  LA Times, September 2, 2014.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ivory-bans-20140902-story.html

OLDEST OBJECT IN MIDDLE EAST DISCOVERED IN WOMAN'S GRAVE
By Charles Q. Choi.  Yahoo News, August 22, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/oldest-metal-object-middle-east-discovered-womans-grave-153626759.html

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