Crossroads by Nicole Miras

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Best Art & Archaeology News of 2024

Mary Cassatt: The American Impressionist

Crossroads Roundup: (Potential) Face of Cleopatra, St. Nick's Tomb, and Good News for Books

The Endurance of "The Nutcracker"

Crossroads Roundup: Possible Egyptian Temple Found, a Forgotten Caravaggio, and Discoveries from Stone Age Britain

"No More Than the Specter of Evidence"

Capturing the Beauty and Terror of Winter

Judith in Gold

"Utter Ruin and Destruction of This Poor Country"

The Many Lives of Arthur Conan Doyle

"My God Makes Known Your Thoughts Unto Me"

Crossroads Roundup: PhD Student Finds Lost Maya City, Bram Stoker Story Re-Discovered, and a Totally Bananas Auction

What's Wrong with Renoir?

"I Am No More a Witch Than You Are a Wizard"

Edgar Degas: The Good, the Bad, and the Ballet

"A Visible Decay of Godliness"

Crossroads Roundup: The Secret Tomb of Al-Khazneh, Apollo Returns to the Vatican, and Paddleboarding Witches

Psychics, Mediums, and Spiritualists

"The Devil Hath Been Raised Amongst Us"

Witches in British Art

Marie Antoinette: The Final Years

Crossroads Roundup: Major Discovery in Morocco, Fake Van Gogh Paintings, and the World's Oldest Cheese

The River Arts District: Asheville, NC

Marie Antoinette in the French Revolution

Goodbye, Versailles!

Paul Cézanne: The Outsider

The Affair of the Diamond Necklace

Who Makes Us Readers?

Art and Culture in Edo Japan

The Most Scandalous Book You've Never Read

Camille Pissarro Finds His Voice

Crossroads Roundup: A Fake Da Vinci, a Major Stonehenge Discovery, and Yayoi Kusama

Berthe Morisot: the Great Lady of Impressionism

Crossroads Roundup: How the Pyramids Were Built, the World's Oldest Calendar, and a Medieval Village Found in Munich

Marie Antoinette - The Early Years

Crossroads Roundup: Paris Olympics, Operation Pandora, and NYC Ballet Turns 75

Toile de Jouy: Art, Industry, and Popular Culture

Crossroads Roundup: Bronze Age Artifacts in the Mail, an Ancient Plague, and Mona Lisa’s Villa

Manet at the Café

Crossroads Roundup: Temple Complexes Discovered in Peru and Cyprus, a Fire at Rouen Cathedral, and France Gets a Cheese Museum

What We Write in the Shadows

Crossroads Roundup: Roman Discoveries, Armenian Dragon Stones, and a 51,200-Year-Old Indonesian Cave Painting

Snark and Sensitivity

The (Eventual) Triumph of Claude Monet

Escaping to Elfland

The Impressionist Exhibition, 150 Years Later

Dragons of the East and West

Crossroads Roundup: Rare Dark Age Timber Hall Found in England, a Mystery of the Egyptian Pyramids Solved, and More

The English Magicians & the Raven King

Crossroads Roundup: Missing Caravaggio Unveiled, an Ancient Egyptian Structure Found, and the Lost Colony of Roanoke

Art, Commerce, and the Role of the Patron

Crossroads Roundup: Major Neolithic Monuments Discovered, a Titanic Watch, and a Leonardo da Vinci Biopic

What Makes the "Mona Lisa" Special, and Why It's More Than a Simple Portrait

Crossroads Roundup: Venice Implements a Visitor's Fee, the Louvre Considers Moving the "Mona Lisa," and Several Prominent Burials Discovered

Standing On a Hill in My Mountain of Dreams

Crossroads Roundup: A.I. Dalí, Discovery of Polynesian Cities from 300 A.D., and Winston Churchill's Most Hated Portrait

Crossroads Roundup: Stunning Banquet Hall and Frescoes Found in Pompeii, a Sherlock Holmes Manuscript Heads to Auction, and More

Goths Through the Ages

Crossroads Roundup: Exciting Discoveries in Greece, a Mysterious Animal Burial, and the Story of King James I & George Villiers

How a Volcano Birthed a Monster

Crossroads Roundup: La Sagrada Familia Gets a Completion Date, an Update on the British Museum Heist, and Reforesting Scotland

Crossroads Roundup: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt, Medieval Jousting Tournaments, and Magical Trolls

Crossroads Roundup: Chinese Archaeological Discoveries, an 11th Century Astrolabe, and Gabriel García Márquez's Final Novel

It's Never Too Late to Start

Crossroads Roundup: Progress (and Conflict) in Art Restitution, Lost J.M.W. Turner Work Found, and a Giant Statue of Ramesses the Great

Flower Fairy Season

Crossroads Roundup: Major Discoveries at Pompeii and El Caño, Helpful Hazelnuts, and an Update on Garisenda Tower

When AI Raises the Dead

Crossroads Roundup: Cézanne Mural Discovered, Origins of the Basque Language, and an Update on the Pyramid of Menkaure

The Witches of Discworld

Crossroads Roundup: Van Gogh "Brought to Life" with AI, Ancient Eggs, and Darwin's Library

The Real St. Valentine

Crossroads Roundup: Year of the Dragon, Amazonian Cave Homes, and More Tales of Art Heists

The Legend of Tea

Crossroads Roundup: Controversy Over Giza Pyramids Restoration, Ancient Board Games, and Pliny the Elder's Long-Lost Villa

Rococo, Old and New

Crossroads Roundup: Klimt Portrait Missing for 100 Years Goes to Auction, Ancient Tsunamis, and Roman Wine

Crossroads Roundup: Bizarre Tales of Art Theft, Prehistoric Chefs, and Paleolithic China

Star of the Morning, Make for Me a Way: Magic and Mystery in the Egyptian Book of the Dead

From Fairies to Aliens: Abductions, Changelings, and Ships in the Sky

Crossroads Roundup: Anglo-Saxon Burials, Ancient Egyptian Tombs, and Your Brain on Art

Capturing the Beauty and Terror of Winter

Crossroads Roundup: Uproar Over Notre-Dame, a Medieval Cemetery Mystery, and a Beatles Painting Goes to Auction

"I Don't Want More Choice; I Just Want Nicer Things!"

The Journey Ahead

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