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New signs at the Worcester Art Museum illuminate how wealthy New Englanders benefitted from the slave trade
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“It would be a pity if these Chinese supplant all other races,” the iconic scientist writes
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New analysis shows the blue-green mineral found in Aztec art was likely mined in Mexico, not the American Southwest as previously believed
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The deadly disease may have been transmitted to humans at least 800 years earlier than previously believed
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New audio recordings by the museum feature roughly 40 instruments, from Ming dynasty lute to the world’s oldest surviving piano
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The 30 bundles of £1 and £5 notes were likely stashed away amidst wartime uncertainty
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The late activist helped organize the Birmingham marches and educated the disenfranchised about their constitutional rights
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The 1938 show celebrated works by German Expressionists, defended artists on world stage
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Survival rates among later Inca cultures was significantly higher. However, the 19th-century soldiers were facing trauma caused by industrial-age warfare
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'The Tomb of the Athlete' includes four bodies, a coin, offerings of chicken, rabbit and lamb and strigils, the symbol of Roman sportsmen
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A new analysis of the 13-ton red stone pukao show the carvings were likely rolled up ramps to the leaning statues
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The Welsh fashion designer pioneered high street fashion, popularizing bright patterns, miniskirts and hot pants
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Archaeologists uncovered the enigmatic two-inch head at Abel Beth Maacah, site of an ancient crossroads
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Portal AR allows users to traverse Britain’s highest peak, roam the halls of Edinburgh Castle and enjoy whiskey at Highlands distillery
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But more than 1700 remain, including 772 monuments, more than 300 of which are located in Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia
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Dating of rocks and animal bones shows Alaska's coast was glacier free around 17,000 years ago, allowing people to move south along the coast
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Visitors can view more than 300 relics from the Abbey’s 1,000-year history <i>and</i> peer out at one of the best views in Europe
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About 45,000 women are expected to participate in four-city procession—projected to be one of the largest collective art events in British history
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The museum's newest exhibition explores how British, German and French artists struggle to comprehend bloody conflict
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The nativity scene taken from Sicilian chapel in 1969 may have ended up in Switzerland
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