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The Italian Exhibition Revealing How Giotto Rewrote Sacred Art Forever
Eight hundred years after his death, Saint Francis of Assisi is being honoured not just…
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Ancient Illuminated Manuscripts Are Coming to EXPO Chicago 2026
Manuscripts that survived wars, reformations, and centuries of neglect are about to go on display in one of the most…
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The 5,000-Year-Old Figurine That Became Cyprus’s Most Powerful Symbol
A tiny stone figurine, barely larger than a hand, has carried the weight of 5,000…
History
Norway Is 3D Scanning Its Ancient Stave Churches Before It’s Too Late
Only 28 of them survive. Across all of northern Europe — a region that once…
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A Six-Week Fencing Course Is Bringing Medieval England Back to Life
From street-level apprentices to royalty at court, fencing was one of the most socially widespread…
Environment
The Orchard Robot That Knows Which Trees Are Thirsty Before Farmers Do
In California’s orchards, farmers are being asked to pull off something close to impossible: grow…
History
What Droughts and Floods Did to China’s Tang Dynasty May Surprise You
One of the most powerful empires in Chinese history — a dynasty that presided over…
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A Winter Storm in Portugal Just Revealed Two 10-Million-Year-Old Whales
Two whale skeletons, each roughly 10 million years old, have emerged from a beach in…
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How Prehistoric Elephants Helped Human Ancestors Build Bigger Brains
Picture an animal nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant — a beast…
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Medieval Finland’s Earliest Writing Culture Is Being Studied in a Way No One Tried Before
What did medieval writing actually look like — not just the words on the page,…
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Rome’s underground tunnels reveal a 2,000-year-old secret that changes everything we knew
Carmela Rodriguez never imagined that a single phone call would change her understanding of history…