Thursday 19 June 2008

American Museum of Natural History reinstalls Neanderthal mural after decades








NEW YORK - A mural depicting Neanderthal life that hasn't been displayed in decades is being reinstalled at the American Museum of Natural History.

"The Neanderthal Flint Workers" is scheduled to be put in place Wednesday morning.

Artist Charles Knight completed the 3 1/2-metre wide and 2 1/2-metre high mural in 1926 for the Hall of the Age of Man, and it was displayed until the 1960s.

It was in storage until a couple of years ago and has since been cleaned and restored.

The last Knight mural to be reinstalled was "Cro-Magnon Artists," which was put in place in 2002.










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