The Art History Newsletter

Need $$$? Try Homeland Security

by | 16 October 2006 | Uncategorized

From The Australian: “Australian National University art historian Nigel Lendon and law professor Tim Bonyhady were given almost $250,000 last year to study the Afghan war rug as part of research funded through a new national security stream of research grants … Mr Lendon said … he wanted to study whether there were secret messages woven into war rugs.”