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The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria (UP), in partnership with the National Heritage Council (NHC) and the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) in the Namakwa District, proudly hosted the successful launch of the Heritage and Museum Skills Short Programme on 13 April 2025 at Future Africa campus. The launch marks a significant milestone in the University’s ongoing commitment to heritage preservation, land restitution, community engagement and university transformation.

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UA Little Rock’s Center for Arkansas History and Culture has unveiled a new online exhibit highlighting the work of Dr. Johnye Strickland, a leading figure in Arkansas oral history.

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Fresh analysis and interpretation of a letter fragment from the early 17th century by an academic from the University of Bristol has revealed possible intriguing new details about the marriage of William Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway.

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Los investigadores han informado en ACS Central Science que algunas de las resinas utilizadas para estos recubrimientos reaccionan con metales ferrosos y pueden causar da?os. El equipo creó una estrategia de imagen de fluorescencia no invasiva que revela las se?ales temprana de estas reacciones químicas perjudiciales, y confirmó su utilidad en piezas arqueológicas antiguas.

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Yeast is already a familiar ingredient to bakers and winemakers, but new research from the University of Georgia suggests it can also trace the footsteps of our ancestors.

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但是，研究人员在《中央科学》 (ACS Central Science) 期刊中报告称，这些涂层所用的某些树脂会与含铁金属发生反应并可能造成损害。该团队研发了一种非侵入性荧光成像技术，可以揭示这些具有破坏性的化学反应的早期迹象，并已在古代文物上验证了该技术的功用。

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Conservators and museum technicians use clear coatings to protect archaeological metal objects, preserving their detailed views. However, some resins in these coatings react with iron-containing metals, causing damage.

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Inspired by the ancient artifacts exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Reece Goodson?initially wanted to dig up ancient art at archaeologic sites in exotic locations.

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Easter wouldn’t be Easter without a bunny, egg hunts, and festive baskets. Alongside the religious significance of Easter, the story behind the Easter Bunny and Easter eggs involves a mix of pagan rituals, Christian traditions, and 19th century European folklore. Candace Buckner, assistant professor of religion and culture at Virginia Tech, shares more about the history behind these modern symbols of Easter.

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Sandia National Laboratories is helping defend deployed troops and the nation against hypersonic threats. During a March 24 test, the Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the Navy, launched a Sandia-developed hypersonic target.

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Whether for cooking, heating, as a light source or for making tools – it is assumed that fire was essential for the survival of people in the Ice Age. However, it is puzzling that hardly any well-preserved evidence of fireplaces from the coldest period of the Ice Age in Europe has been found so far.

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The Kranzberg Arts Foundation (KAF), in collaboration with Saint Louis University and the St. Louis Literary Award program, is proud to announce a new mural by acclaimed artist Dominic Chambers.

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A consortium that includes a principal investigator from the University of Pretoria (UP) has been awarded funding for a project that will research the colonial history of European universities, and explore how these legacies and heritage can be addressed and curated.

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More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research led by the University of Bristol has revealed.

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The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Sheldon Museum of Art will present a series of free public programs in conjunction with “Exploding Native Inevitable,” a traveling exhibition that features the work of 12 contemporary Indigenous artists and two collectives. The exhibition runs through July 13 at the museum.

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The changing demographics of the Catholic Church may be the future. But for the last six years, Rollo-Koster has led a team of international scholars in telling the story of the papacy’s first 2,000 years – from Saint Peter, the believed first pope, to Francis.

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Hardworking but mostly invisible in public life, South African queens have set a course to work together across royal houses to formulate a common vision of their collective contribution to peace and development in South Africa.

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Explore the history of the Underground Railroad — a secret network of people and safe houses that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom in the United States. And learn about its most famous conductor, Harriet Tubman, who was commemorated with a statue on the Downtown Binghamton Freedom Trail.