The artifacts, many dating from the 16th to the 18th centuries, were mostly looted and ended up spread far and wide.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Elmo, 3, joins youngest Americans in getting vaccinated
In a public service announcement posted to YouTube, the beloved ‘Sesame Street’ star talked with his dad about what it was like to get the shot.
R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking case
The disgraced R&B superstar sexually abused young fans, including some who were just children, in a systematic scheme that went on for decades.
Woody Allen mulls end of career in talk with Alec Baldwin
Directing has lost its luster, says Allen, who nevertheless is planning to make his next movie later this year.
Halsey says good riddance to concertgoers leaving show during abortion rights speech
The Grammy nominee was among several musicians who protested the Supreme Court’s actions this weekend in front of a live crowd.
‘Elvis’ is king of box office after final tallies
Baz Luhrmann’s biopic opens above expectations and brings out large numbers of older moviegoers.
Paul McCartney wows Glastonbury with Dave Grohl, Bruce Springsteen
Now, at 80, he’s the festival’s oldest-ever solo headliner.
Levant author getting buzz for first story collection, set on Penobscot reservation
Morgan Talty’s book, ‘Night of the Living Rez,’ is fictional but draws heavily from his experiences.
Deep Water: ‘Prayer for the warblers, dead on my houselot,’ by Katherine Hagopian Berry
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
A naïve prep school student in Maine falls under the sway of a fanatical classmate
In ‘The World Cannot Give,’ writer Tara Isabella Burton reckons with both grand questions and contemporary trials.