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The Largest Destruction of Animals in Modern History | The American Buffalo | A Film by Ken Burns
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The Largest Destruction of Animals in Modern History | The American Buffalo | A Film by Ken Burns

Official website: https://to.pbs.org/buffalo | #AmericanBuffaloPBS The scale of destruction of wild animals in the American West during the 19th century is the largest in known human history. When hide hunters ran out of buffalo, they...
Interview: Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance
Interview by James Blake Wiener

Interview: Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance

Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance marks the first multidisciplinary exhibition in Italy to examine the profound impact of Italian Renaissance art on the Pre-Raphaelite movement, which flourished in Victorian and Edwardian Britain (c. 1840-1920...
The Mummy's Curse: Tutankhamun's Tomb & the Modern-Day Media
Article by Joshua J. Mark

The Mummy's Curse: Tutankhamun's Tomb & the Modern-Day Media

Howard Carter's 1922 CE discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun was world-wide news but, following fast upon it, the story of the mummy's curse (also known as The Curse of the Pharaoh) became even more popular and continues to be in the present...
A Gallery of Ancient, Medieval, & Modern Warrior Women
Image Gallery by Joshua J. Mark

A Gallery of Ancient, Medieval, & Modern Warrior Women

The first female warrior attested to historically is Queen Ahhotep I of Egypt (l. c. 1570-1530 BCE) who put down a rebellion by the Hyksos when her son, Ahmose I, was campaigning against the Nubians. In literature, the first mention of women...
Modern Noh Theatre Stage
Image by Kent Wang

Modern Noh Theatre Stage

Stage, Cerulean Tower Noh Theater, Tokyo, Japan.
Modern Replica of the Imperial Russian Crown
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Modern Replica of the Imperial Russian Crown

Modern replica of the Russian imperial crown, made as part of the Jewellery project "Creation of Imperial Crown of Russia in modern interpretation" to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the diamond industry in Russia, using white gold (the...
An Illustrated Map of Medieval and Early Modern Europe (From the Novel
Image by David Tollen

An Illustrated Map of Medieval and Early Modern Europe (From the Novel "The Jericho River")

An illustrated map of medieval and early modern Europe. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.
Modern Statue of Medea
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Modern Statue of Medea

Statue of Medea, a Colchian princess best known in Greek mythology for her relationship with the Greek hero Jason, created by the famous Georgian sculptor Davit Khmalazde, erected in 2007 in Batumi, Georgia. The sculpture symbolizes the...
Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance in Forlì
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Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance in Forlì

Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance, exhibition installation view, photo by Emanuele Rambaldi. San Domenico Museum, Forlì, Italy.
Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance Exhibition
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Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance Exhibition

Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance, exhibition installation view, photo by Emanuele Rambaldi. San Domenico Museum, Forlì, Italy.
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