New exhibit will open in Salem to honor critical standoff with British troops that led to the Revolution
Salem on the Brink of Revolution” will honor the militia members and residents, who blocked access over the North River ...
La Brújula Verde6d
The Rassam Cylinder, a 10-sided prism from the 7th century BC with an inscription describing the reign of Ashurbanipal
The Rassam Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder containing cuneiform inscriptions that describe the reign and military campaigns of Ashurbanipal, king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. It was discovered in ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN8d
The Mystery of the World's Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher It
On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...
The Daily Telegraph21d
British tourists will pay more to visit Louvre, says Macron
French president targets non-EU citizens to help fund ‘special area’ for Mona Lisa amid warnings museum is in ‘deplorable state’ British tourists will have to pay more to visit the Louvre ...
Computer Weekly22d
Cyber incident that closed British Museum was inside job
A disgruntled insider appears to have been behind a security incident at the British Museum, which forced the 270-year-old institution to partially close its doors over the weekend of 25 and 26 ...
Daily Sabah22d
British Museum systems disrupted by fired IT worker
The British Museum said it had closed a number of exhibits after a fired IT contractor "shut down" some of its systems in one of several unrelated incidents targeting European museums on Saturday. The ...
cybernews22d
Vengeful former employee sabotages British Museum’s systems
The British Museum is mostly free, but you still need a ticket. Unfortunately, the famous institution was forced to partially close last week after a former employee attacked its IT infrastructure, ...
theregister22d
British Museum says ex-contractor 'shut down' IT systems, wreaked havoc
The British Museum was forced to temporarily close some galleries and exhibitions this weekend after a disgruntled former tech contractor went rogue and shuttered some onsite IT systems. The ...
TechRadar23d
British Museum forced to partly close following cyberattack by ex-worker
World-famous British Museum suffers days-long cyberattack The attack was caused by a former IT contractor Exhibitions were closed over the weekend, but have since reopened A former employee of the ...
Deadline.com24d
British Museum Exhibitions Closed After Alleged Cyber-Attack By Former Employee
The British Museum had to close some of its doors to visitors Friday, after a former employee allegedly succeeded in shutting down elements of its IT system. The BBC reports that the museum’s ...
BBC24d
Thieves use explosives to steal gold 'masterpieces' from Dutch museum
Four ancient gold artefacts were stolen from a Dutch museum in an overnight raid in the early hours of Saturday morning. Thieves used explosives to blast their way into the Drents Museum in Assen ...