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Science News
May 7, 2005 |
Cuneiform Tablets This Web exhibit displays 38 ancient clay tablets and other artifacts that feature the ancient form of writing known as cuneiform.   |
Reason
January 2004
Jeremy Lott |
Found Objects What archaeologists can gain from markets, or lose by ignoring them |
D-Lib
January 2002 |
In Brief THADL - A Successful Digital Library Pilot Project... Cuneiform for Everyman... TONIC - The Online Netskills Interactive Course... Collection Management Initiative... etc. |
Scientific American
December 2008
Peter Brown |
Digging Ancient Iraq: How Mesopotamia Has Weathered the War How badly damaged are the archaeological remains of ancient Mesopotamia? |
Reason
April 2005
Steven Vincent |
Ancient Treasures for Sale Do antique dealers preserve the past or steal it? Such is the allure of ancient treasures that, since the 1970s, this relationship has spawned global treaties, inflamed Third World nationalism, created a secretive Washington bureaucracy, and triggered federal prosecutions. |
CIO
August 1, 2003
Ted Smalley Bowen |
IT Aids Search for Looted Art The looting of Iraq's museums and archaeological sites has raised the profile of stolen art trafficking. Digital tools are playing an increasing role in combating the trade, but they are no silver bullet. |
Science News
March 28, 2009
Janet Raloff |
Treaty On Antiquities Hinders Access For Museums by James Cuno James Cuno describes how the United Nations treaty to prevent looting of archeology sites has affected researchers and scientists. |
Science News
March 11, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
From Counting to Writing Contrary to the common belief that the first written words were pictures or hieroglyphics, one archaeologist contends that writing developed from abstract numbers. |
BusinessWeek
March 10, 2011
Vernon Silver |
Egypt Is Looted, and Curators Balk Thefts of artifacts from Cairo's Egyptian Museum revive the debate over the repatriation of ancient art. |
Searcher
September 2004
Dave Mattison |
Looking for Good Art: Web Resources and Image Databases, Part 1 Art images on the Web represent one of the first and last frontiers in terms of pools of knowledge: millions of historic art images served and more to come. Here are links to some of the best Web sites. |
AskMen.com
January 16, 2003
Peter Fueller |
Top 10: Museums Of The World There are thousands of museums around the world, many of which are worth visiting. However, you probably don't want to spend your entire vacation looking through endless collections of paintings and sculptures, created by artists you've never even heard of. You want the famous stuff, right? |
Information Today
March 21, 2011 |
New National Portal to Historic Collections American Heritage and the American Association for State and Local History are developing a new National Portal to Historic Collections, a system that allows searches through dozens of historic collections. |
D-Lib
May 2002 |
In Brief Forum on Information Standards in Heritage Launches New Web Site... The Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library... Scholars Portal Project Launched... Archiving the Avant Garde: Documenting and Preserving Variable Media Art... Remaking Libraries for the Global Knowledge Renaissance... etc. |
BusinessWeek
September 26, 2005
Mara Der Hovanesian |
Antiquities To Grow Old With As new controls on illicit trading bite, the interest in ancient art treasures is on the rise - and so are the prices |
D-Lib
January 2003 |
In Brief Digital Library Federation Electronic Resource Management Initiative... Preserving the Chinese Internet: The DACHS Project... Introducing the Information Environment Service Registry... CRL Political Communications Archiving Investigation... etc. |
