What is believed to be the world’s oldest depiction of a ghost has recently been found on a Babylonian tablet, neglected in the vaults of the British Museum in London since its acquisition in the 19th century. Babylonia, which was a magnificent state in ancient Mesopotamia (covering parts of present-day Iraq and Syria), had two […]
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3500-year-old Babylonian Ghost Image Discovered in British Museum Vaults!
Philadelphia Museum Returns Stolen Shield to Czech Republic
This striking Renaissance ceremonial shield was intended to feature in Adolf Hitlers Mega-Museum in Linz, Austria. Now, this highly-symbolic piece of ancient armor will be returned to the Czech Republic where is was held for centuries before the Nazis attacked in the 20th century. Created around 1535 AD by Italian sculptor and painter Girolamo di Tommaso da […]
Iran museum of salt mummies to be equipped with new air conditioner system
Iran museum of salt mummies to be equipped with new air conditioner system – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – A new air conditioner system will be installed at Zolfaqari Archaeological Museum, which is globally famed for being home to several magnificent ancient salt mummies and their belongings. The installation of a Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) system is […]
Museum Of Genocide Director Admits No ‘Forensic Evidence’ To Support Claim That 1.5 Million Jews Killed At Auschwitz
Buried in a tedious article quibbling about the number of Jews who died at the Jasenovac camp in Croatia during WWII — published in the Jerusalem Post — Dejan Ristic, the acting director of the Museum of Genocide in Belgrade, Serbia, makes a rather remarkable and unqualified admission about the lack of evidence at Auschwitz: […]
jewish Psychological Warfare: The Simon Wiesenthal Center ‘Museum of Tolerance’
First Person At the Tolerance Museum by MacKenzie Paine Teaching tolerance through “holocaust education” in the public schools is now the law in cities, counties, and states across America. As revisionists are well aware, the standard account of the jewish holocaust taught in such courses is more than dubious. So too are the controversial methods, […]
4,600-Year-Old Egyptian Solar Boat is Paraded to New Gaza Museum
Designed after the life-sustaining daily cycle of the Sun, the famous “Solar Boat” is one of ancient Egypt’s most iconic depictions of how this culture viewed the afterlife. Now, the famous divine transportation vessel, that represented a Pharaoh’s journey to the afterlife, has itself been transported 7.5 kilometres (5 miles) to Egypt’s much anticipated new […]
Open-air museum to be set up within Iron Age site
Open-air museum to be set up within Iron Age site – Tehran%20Times Tehran – An open-air museum will be established on the premises of the ca. 7,000-year-old Qoli Darvish Hill, which is situated in the north-central Qom province. “The first phase of the project involves building an access road and installing metal grating fences along […]
Astan-e Qods museum showcases documents on World War I
Astan-e Qods museum showcases documents on World War I – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – A collection of documents on World War I was showcased for the first time in an exhibition at the Astan-e Qods Razavi Museum and Library in Mashhad. The exhibition has been organized to commemorate the 107th anniversary of the devastating war, the […]
More “Anti-Ten Commandment” Theft at the Museum of the Bible
The United States Department of Justice has ordered the forfeiture of a rare cuneiform tablet, seized from Hobby Lobby’s controversial Museum of the Bible back in 2019. The 3,000-year-old Mesopotamian cuneiform tablet, believed to have originated in Iraq, is known as the “ Gilgamesh Dream Tablet” because it is inscribed with a piece of the […]
Specialized coin museum to be established in Kordestan
Specialized coin museum to be established in Kordestan – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – Cultural heritage authorities of Kordestan province are slated to establish a museum dedicated to historical coins and currency. Coins from different historical eras of Iran and other countries will be displayed in the museum in the city of Qorveh, the tourism chief of […]
Hundreds of meteorites on show at specialized museum in Tehran
TEHRAN – Over 1200 meteorites, mostly collected from scorching Iranian deserts, have been put on show at a specialized museum in Tehran. The museum is dedicated to meteorites that have hit the sprawling Lut Desert and other parts of the country over time, according to Hojjat Kamali who presides over the museum, IRNA reported on Wednesday. […]
Tripadvisor removes ‘fun for the family’ Auschwitz Museum review
Tripadvisor has removed a review that called the Auschwitz Museum “fun for the family,” after backlash and a complaint by the museum.The review read “This place was great went there with my newborn babys [sic] to test the chamber but they came out deformed. But it’s fun for the family.” We have reported this review […]
First Jew of color to lead American Jewish museum resigns, cites racism
Gugulethu Moyo’s speech this week at a conference for staff members at American Jewish museums was supposed to help chart an optimistic future for the field. Moyo had planned to talk about how to cultivate leaders from marginalized groups in museums, drawing on her experience as the first Jew of color to head a Jewish […]
Netherlands inaugurates museum on site of former Nazi concentration camp
Browse > Home / News / Netherlands inaugurates museum on site of former Nazi concentration camp April 25, 2021 by JNS Read on for article A museum built on the site of a former Nazi concentration camp in the Netherlands was inaugurated on the 76th anniversary of the day the camp was handed over to […]
‘Unimaginable suffering’: Museum opens at infamous Nazi camp in heart of Holland
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte inaugurated a museum on the former grounds of one of The Netherlands’ most infamous Nazi camps 80 years after its construction. National Monument Camp Amersfoort is a large, underground, dark space dominated by the portraits and personal stories of about 47,000 people who were imprisoned at the facility in […]
NZ’s Jewish Museum launches its online presence
Browse > Home / News / NZ’s Jewish Museum launches its online presence April 23, 2021 by Miriam Bell Read on for article It’s been a long time coming but the first stage of New Zealand’s new Jewish museum is now up and running online – and it’s just the beginning of what will be […]
Museum opens at one of Holland’s most infamous Nazi camps
AMSTERDAM — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte inaugurated a museum on the former grounds of one of the Netherlands’ most infamous Nazi camps 80 years after its construction. National Monument Camp Amersfoort is a large, underground and dark space dominated by the portraits and personal stories of about 47,000 people who were imprisoned at the […]
Dutch museum pays thousands to compensate for looted Nazi art
A Jewish textile owner was forced to sell his art under Nazi duress in 1933. Eight years ago, the Dutch government recommended that his representatives not receive restitution or compensation. On Monday, the museum which houses the painting, defied those orders, The Art Newspaper reported on Monday. The descendants of family friends of Richard Semmel […]
Three resign from Auschwitz museum council after politician appointed
Browse > Home / News / Three resign from Auschwitz museum council after politician appointed April 20, 2021 by JNS Read on for article Three members of an advisory council for Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland have resigned in protest after a senior politician from the ruling party was appointed to the group by the […]