Noel Redding, bass player for 1960s rock legend Jimi Hendrix, has died aged 57. His manager Ian Grant announced the news on his company Track Records' website. "Noel re-unites with Jimi and... his ...

Since it opened in 1907, the Carnegie’s Hall of Architecture has been virtually unchanged: It is a cavernous space decorated with massive plaster casts of sculptural and architectural treasures ...

May 1969: Two hundred years after Father Junípero Serra founded the first California mission on Presidio Hill, San Diego celebrated its bicentennial. The Ferry still shuttled passengers and cargo ...

Plaster body casts of victims killed by toxic fumes during eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The famous eruption entombed Pompeii and Herculaneum, where glass-like remains were found inside a ...

A lawsuit against the Redding Police Department alleges a former woman police officer was subjected to sexual harassment on the job. The lawsuit seeks $4 million. An attorney representing the city ...

"The Evidence Room" re-creates sculptures and plaster casts that bring to life the landmark libel trial in which Holocaust denier David Irving sued historian Deborah Lipstadt. The British High ...

A downtown statue of a giant donkey with pink-wrapped legs is an urban riddle that begs for an explanation. Anyone who has been in the vicinity of Clover Hill Park, at the northwest corner of Bay ...

They work best in pairs, adding a touch of symmetry (as well as neo-Classical glamour) to a tablescape. Additionally, together with plaster casts and pedimented joinery, the profile is well-suited to ...

For one, some of the remains may have been moved from their original positions, and the plaster casts could have been “creatively restored” in the past, the study authors wrote. The team also ...

Four plaster casts from the House of the Golden Bracelet were made in 1974. Archaeological Park of Pompeii In the ruins of Pompeii, visitors aren’t only able to see the houses, frescos and ...

Excavations first began to unearth the forgotten city in 1748, but it wasn’t until 1863 that archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli developed a method to make plaster casts of some of the Pompeii victims.