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Howard Carter was an English archaeologist, whose most significant contribution to his field was the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty. Born in London on 9 May 1874, Carter took off to Egypt at the age of 17, to assist in the excavation and recording of Middle Kingdom tombs. He turned his inexperience into an asset, coming up with some rather innovative techniques while replicating the decoration of tombs being excavated. After working for 8 years as an artist, recording and replicating the work, Carter was appointed the first chief inspector of the Egyptian Antiquities Service (EAS) in 1899. It was in this role he caught the attention of Lord Carnarvon, who got Carter on-board to supervise his excavations. On 4 November 1922, Carter's excavation group found the steps leading to Tutankhamun's tomb, by far the best preserved and most intact pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings. It was here, that Carnarvon and C...

Keith Haring died of AIDS-related illnesses in 1990 at the age of 31. The Keith Haring Foundation was established in 1989 to assist AIDS-related and children's charities, and maintains the largest resource of archives on the late artist, Keith Haring. Haring's bold lines and active figures carry poignant messages of vitality and unity. His legacy made an impact on late 20th century art and grants us all a vision for the future.   MoMA – A Few More Ways of Looking at Keith Haring

Google's last Doodle of the year 2011 carries Happy New Year wishes for search giant's millions of users across the globe. Google's last Doodle of the year 2011 carries Happy New Year wishes for search giant's millions of users across the globe. The colourful Doodle has the letters in the word "Google" seemingly attending a New Year party, wearing decorative caps and blowing trumpets. The second 'G' of the letter 'Google' wears the year 2012's goggles. A click on the logo takes users to a page which has all the Happy New Year-related links. Google's Doodle last week featured a colourful neon design with images of a snowflake, Santa Claus, bell, snowman, candle and a gift box on a black background, wishing its users "Happy Holidays". A click on the Doodle took users to holiday-related links like tips for holiday, holiday greetings and budget tours. Google recently revamped its Doodle site allowing users ...

Happy Holidays Google Doodle brings Christmas spirit to search giant Google Google gets into the Christmas spirit with its Happy Holidays Google Doodle Comments   Email   Twitter in Share 4   The festive spirit has certainly infected Google this year with the search giant’s latest interactive ‘Google Doodle’ bringing bright lights to the holiday season. The   happy holidays   doodle hit computer screens first in Australia and New Zealand at google.com.au   and   google.co.nz   and has now appeared in time zones in Canada and the United States as they near Christmas Day. Once a computer user clicks on the coloured lights, the screen turns black and the letters of Google change to represent objects of the holiday season, including a snow ball, snow man and jingle bell. Screen-grab The Googe Doodle becomes interactive after the user clicks on the search engine's lights. Once the lights have finished flashing, the search engine finishes the p...

Marking the festivity and joy around, Google's Happy Holidays doodle is back. With   New Year   just round the corner and Christmas   almost here, it's celebration time! Marking the festivity and joy around, Google's Happy Holidays   doodle is back. Google Doodle featuring a colourful neon design with images of a snowflake,   Santa Claus , bell, snowman,   candle   and a   gift box   on a black background, wishes its users "Happy Holidays". A click on the Doodle takes users to holiday-related links like tips for holiday, holiday greetings and budget tours. Google has traditionally been wishing its users with a pre-Christmas Doodle. Last year, Google's Doodle comprised a collage of photographs of holiday scenes from across the globe. Google's first holiday Doodle, dating back to year 1999, featured a snowman. The   snowman made up for the first "O" of the Google logo, and as users scrolled over the Doodle it displayed the message, ...

Google has revealed a new chip-themed homepage doodle that celebrates the birthday of  Robert Noyce , co-founder of Intel and widely known as one of the brains behind the microchip. Noyce – who would have turned 84 today – passed away in 1990 at the age of 62. Nicknamed “the Mayor of Silicon Valley” the physics doctor created Intel with Gordon E. Moore in 1968. Noyce had been employed at Shockley Semiconductor, but left as part of the “ traitorous eight ” after reportedly growing disillusioned with the company’s approach to research. Noyce and Moore, two of the eight, decided to set up their own company, Intel, with a more holistic approach to management, with scientific endeavor as the primary goal. It was at Intel, supervising Ted Hoff, where Noyce oversaw the creation of the microprocessor. One of Noyce’s final wishes was to “make sure we are preparing our next generation to flourish in a high-tech age.”  The Noyce Foundation , intended to promote K-...