NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will photograph Apollo landing sites, and try to determine if the flag planted by the Apollo 11 crew is still standing. “We need to know where our material culture resides on the moon. Many parts and pieces of our time, certainly in the era of the early robotics on the moon, […]

The conviction of Italian art dealer Giacomo Medici for conspiracy to traffic in antiquities has been upheld by an appeals court in Rome. Evidence from his 2004 trial was used to compel American museums to return artifacts to Italy.   Among them was the J. Paul Getty Museum, which is now opening a show featuring “The […]