This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: The Daily Beast
July 7, 2014
So the risk now—the virtual certainty, in fact—is that irreplaceable history will be annihilated or sold into the netherworld of corrupt and cynical collectors.
Source: Fox News
July 6, 2014
Solving an approximately 170-year-old mystery lost to time and the remoteness of its location
Source: NYT
July 7, 2014
"I love you more than all the world and have no hope of reward on earth or hereafter, so precious as that in your dear arms, in your thrilling lips, in your matchless breasts."
Source: BBC
July 7, 2014
A newly discovered letter that has lain unread for over 600 years is forcing a rethink of a 14th Century prince with a controversial reputation.
Source: Business Insider
July 7, 2014
The papers spent years hidden in a milk churn beneath a Russian dacha and read like an encyclopedia of Cold War espionage.
Source: The Telegraph
June 29, 2014
Geoffrey Spilman has sold fake works through several eBay identities and was arrested and cautioned in 2012.
Source: MassLive
July 7, 2014
Although the museum became the proud owner of the artifact in 1880, it was stolen in the mid-20th century, one of three powder horns taken from the collection.
Source: The Standard
July 4, 2014
Officially known as the Parthenon sculptures, they were taken from Greece by Lord Elgin in the early 19th century and have been the subject of argument between the countries ever since.
Source: Omaha World-Herald
July 5, 2014
Committee member Rick Konopasek told the Lincoln Journal-Star that the outhouse float was the most popular one in the parade, and the three judges awarded it an honorable mention.
Source: New Scientist
July 4, 2014
According to the archaeologists, the way the child was buried hints that Down's syndrome was not necessarily stigmatised in the Middle Ages.
Source: Fox News
July 6, 2014
Even after seven decades, Wilfred "Spike" Mailloux won't talk about surviving a bloody World War II battle unless longtime friend John Sidur is by his side.
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer
July 3, 2014
Finally the letters biographer Francis Russell couldn't quote are going to be made public.
Source: NYT
July 4, 2014
What truth exactly do we hold to be self-evident?
Source: Art Daily
July 4, 2014
Both of these US documents can trace constitutional influences back to Magna Carta.
Source: The Guardian
July 3, 2014
Dotted with imposing Moorish fortresses and majestic gardens, Andalusia is an obvious choice.
Source: CNBC
July 3, 2014
"Even though people report that they are not living the dream, they actually are when you look at the traditional benchmarks."
Source: WaPo
July 3, 2014
A fascinating selection of the Post's stories 50 years ago.
Source: Mediaite
June 29, 2014
"Now you could say that’s horrible, that’s terrible. Well, maybe it was, maybe it wasn’t."
Source: Huffington Post
June 30, 2014
Huppenthal declined to criticize the Founding Fathers for owning slaves, saying they were above reproach.
Source: WSJ
June 20, 2014
In France, one commander estimated that if women in arms factories halted work for 20 minutes, the war would be lost.
