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The key to the rise of the Romans, the Mongols—and the U.S.? Ethnic diversity, Chua says in a new book
Barcoding 101
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Largely dismissed as vandalism, graffiti migrates from city streets and subway cars into major galleries
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Jazz Requiem
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Marcel Breuer's Bauhaus minimalism redefined a household basic
Garth Brooks donated mementos to the American History museum, including his trademark cowboy hat, a gold record and a handwritten lyric sheet
The Dirt on Mud
No one was prepared for the pillaging of Baghdad's Iraq Museum in 2003, but Marine officer Col. Matthew Bogdanos, improvised an investigation
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How the pathbreaking comedian got his act together
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The inaugural show of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
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A 600-year-old pharmacy started by Florentine monks is now a trendy global marketer of perfumes and medieval elixirs
Stop me if you've heard this one...
How one retired Army Reserve Major taught soldiers to save artworks and antiquities during wartime
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The curator of a portrait exhibition discusses how African Americans used photography to resist stereotypes
Momentous or Merely Memorable
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Restoration of the 2,500-year-old temple is yielding new insights into the engineering feats of the golden age's master builders
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A modern museum of ancient Greece rises near the Parthenon
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Assigned to find art looted by the Nazis, Western Allied forces faced an incredible challenge
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Life as We Know It
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