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Archaeologists in Prague have begun exhuming bodies of political prisoners executed by Czechoslovakia's communist regime.
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I'm slow to this interesting new release by the C2RFM (Centre for Research and Restoration of Museums of France) curator Eric Pagliano which gives an account of the history of drawings through ...
We have seen them in paintings and in many films, as well as in some literary works. Fools were part of the environment of ...
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A new exhibition at The Met Cloisters makes the case that gender and sexual fluidity were an essential part of Medieval religious art.
When a royal vessel sank of the coast of Normandy in 1120, it not only claimed hundreds of lives but also set off a ...
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Medieval Birthday Celebrations

Celebrating a birthday in the Middle Ages was very different from today. In this video, we explore how birthdays were observed - or often ignored - by different classes, the kinds of celebrations ...