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Thor Heyerdahl Jr. says his late father had promised to return the items after they had been analyzed and detailed in published works
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Offerings include a book of poetry featuring the epic <em>Shahnameh</em> and a biography of Shah Jahan, the emperor who built the Taj Mahal
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166 institutions are participating in the 10th-annual event, which encourages visitors to spend 5 to 10 minutes in front of a single work of art
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Sanna invented Swiss Miss, the first instant hot chocolate mix that could be made with hot water instead of milk
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The free stories come in one, three or five-minute reads
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Hitting the High Notes: A Smithsonian Year of Music
The show includes more than 130 guitars, drum kits and keyboards, as well as vintage costumes, posters and concert footage
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The town of Brande (population: 7,000) is headquarters of clothing brand Bestseller, which wants to construct the 1,049-foot spire
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The facility is located at Finca Vigía, the property where Hemingway lived for more than two decades and where he wrote some of his most lauded books
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The EDM artist’s mix of very high and low frequency beats discourages the insects from biting victims, having sex
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The mystery has been solved, but environmental advocates aren't celebrating
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The social prescribing movement involves the treatment of a wide range of ailments with therapeutic art- or hobby-based activities
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The painting had been ‘used as collateral, popping up in a drug deal here, four years later in an arms deal there,’ says Arthur Brand
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Marie-Guillemine Benoist's "Portrait of Madeleine," previously titled "Portrait of a Black Woman," hangs alongside Manet's newly christened "Laure"
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New imaging technology has helped clarify lingering questions about the artwork, which will be put back on display at a Connecticut museum
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Celebrities including Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Rihanna and the Obamas helped galleries achieve record-breaking visitor numbers
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As the lakes melts, glassy sheets of ice are piling up along another along parts of the Michigan shoreline
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The original design, which has since been altered, was criticized for minimizing the contributions of black suffrage leaders
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The Library of Congress has acquired a collection of letters from the artist to filmmaker Henwar Rodakiewicz
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Hopefuls must submit an online application detailing how they would celebrate the singular opportunity by April 1
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Armando, the long distance pigeon racing champ, was recently bought by a Chinese buyer and put out to stud
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