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A peer has asked to keep a controversial graffiti mural on the walls of his family's 13th century castle in Ayrshire.
The Earl of Glasgow has written to Historic Scotland asking if the exhibit can remain as a permanent feature of Kelburn Castle in Largs.
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A museum in Hamburg was surprised to learn last December that the Chinese terracotta warriors on display in its "Power of Death" exhibition were fakes.

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Vandals deface ancient San rock art site
Valuable rock art that paints the colourful history of the country's past is being defaced.
While rock art sites - painted by the San up to 6 000 years ago - throughout the Western Cape are protected by the National Monuments Council (NMC), a rock art site in Elands Bay has been scribbled over.
An NMC sign close to the site reads: "The Elands Bay cave rock paintings reflect the religious experiences and beliefs of the San (Bushmen) whose ancestors lived in this area for more than 20 000 years. Please enjoy looking at the art but do not touch the paintings or deface them and the other rocks in the vicinity in any way. Wetting the paintings is particularly harmful."

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Its precise red, black and white rectangles recall Modernist art by Mondrian or Klee, but this painting recently discovered in the Syrian countryside is actually the oldest wall painting known to man.

"Through carbon dating, we established it is from around 9000BC. We found another painting next to it but that won't be excavated until next year. It is slow work" - Eric Coqueugniot, the leader of a French archaeological team which unearthed it.

The wall picture, measuring 2m by 2m, was found below ground at Djade al-Mughara, a Neolithic settlement on the Euphrates river north-east of the city of Aleppo. Experts say the painting would have formed part of the circular wall of a large house. Its red tint came from burnt hematite rock, while crushed limestone formed the white and charcoal provided the black.

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French archaeologists have discovered an 11,000-year-old wall painting in northern Syria, saying it is the oldest in the world.
Team leader Eric Coqueugniot said that the 2 square-meter painting in red, black and white was found at the Neolithic settlement of Djade al-Mughara on the Euphrates, northeast of the city of Aleppo.

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A tiny sculpture of a lioness dating from around the time the wheel was invented is set to fetch £9million at auction.
The 3.25-inch figure of The Guennol Lioness was carved 5000 years ago in Mesopotamia, now Iraq.
It is regarded as one of the last known masterpieces from the dawn of civilisation remaining in private hands.
The sculpture was acquired in 1948 by Alastair Bradley Martin and his wife Edith.
It has been on show at the Brooklyn Museum of Art for nearly 60 years and its sale - at Sotheby's in New York on December 5 - will benefit a charitable trust.

"It is a brilliant combination of animal form and human pose, representing one of the oldest, rarest and most beautiful works of art from the ancient world" - Richard Keresey, Sotheby's expert.

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For the Mowanjum Aboriginal people of Western Australia,  is a mighty creator spirit and the most supreme being. Its image should only be painted by members of a small group of Kimberley elders.
But the important cultural symbol has been appearing in spray-painted graffiti all around Perth - 1,600km from the spirit's home in the Kimberley - grabbing the attention of bloggers and raising concerns among Aboriginal elders.

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The original Wandjina images are found on rock walls, guarding special sites. They have striking white faces and black eyes, with no mouth. Legend has it that the Wandjina left its image on the rocks after creating the earth and sea.

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Artists are spraying graffiti onto the walls of one of Scotland's most historic castles. A team of Brazilian artists are painting street art onto one side of Kelburn Castle in Ayrshire. The idea came after the owner of the castle, the Earl of Glasgow, was told the concrete rendering was destroying the walls and would have to come off.

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Hum,
Looks like the Smithsonian Institution has yielded to power of the internet and decided to put all their historical artwork on to the internet….



The resource has just begun, but its worth watching as the online collection will grow…
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