Topic: Europe

Germany to hand back stolen Namibian skulls

Germany will face up to a bloody chapter of its colonial past Friday when it hands back 20 skulls spirited away after what many historians call the first genocide of the 20th century.A delegation of 55 Namibians is in Berlin to attend ...

Magna Carta copy on show in London

An original copy of the Magna Carta dating back to 1297 was on display in London on Sunday, giving people a rare glimpse of one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy.The City of London Corporation's 1297 Magna ...

Kremlin museums tap into taste for modern culture

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A new show displaying the works of 20th century French couturier Paul Poiret turns the dark chambers of the Kremlin Museums into a colorful showcase of popular modern culture alongside the regal clothing and objects of Russia's past.The rich ...

Raiders steal fake rhino horns in Britain

Two rhinoceros horns were stolen from a British museum on Saturday -- only the horns were fake and worthless.The horns were removed from a stuffed Indian rhino and a White rhino specimen at the Natural History Museum's site in Tring, northwest of ...

Escaped Latvian bear lured home with love

A brown bear named Made who escaped from her enclosure in a Latvian nature park earlier this week was persuaded to return home Friday with "love and treats", a local official told reporters.Police and park rangers using tracking dogs spotted the she-bear ...

Dutch museums may sell treasures to make ends meet

ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands (Reuters) - Rotterdam's Wereldmuseum plans to sell its African and American treasures to cover funding shortfalls made more likely by the economic crisis in Europe and a planned cut in state subsidies to the arts starting in 2013.It is ...

Bomb alarm at Colosseum in Rome: report

ROME (Reuters) - Italian police and firemen have arrived at the Colosseum in Rome, after an anonymous telephone call triggered a bomb alert at the amphitheatre, the Ansa news agency reported.107468273&bid=informcom" /> Copyright 2011  Reuters US Online Report World News
A Ukrainian zookeeper plans to spend five weeks living in an enclosure with two lions to raise funds for the zoo.Alexander Pylyshenko, who entered the lions' enclosure on Tuesday, said he plans to spend the next 35 days painting pictures of the ...

NY exhibit explores how memory reconstructs reality

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Israeli artist and filmmaker Maya Zack uses 3D technology to recreate the apartment of a Jewish family living in 1930s Berlin in a new exhibit that explores how the past is remembered."Living Room," which will be on ...

Travel Picks: Top 10 museum destinations

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - If you're heading to Paris, you'll stop in at the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa, in Washington the Smithsonian is a must-see and the Vatican in Rome should be on every museum-lover's bucket list. With that ...