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Once notorious for its association with drug cartels, Medellín has transformed into a vibrant city brimming with culture and ...

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A simple turn of the wrist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in February 2023 has unveiled a centuries-old mystery about ancient Roman craftsmen. Washington State University art history professor ...

A 4,300-year-old silver goblet unearthed in occupied Palestine may bear the earliest known artistic depiction of the origin ...

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Volunteers and soldiers in eastern Ukraine are rescuing medieval “stone babas”—800-year-old statues—from the frontline. What ...