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Digital Projections Show the Vivid Colors That Once Decorated an Egyptian Temple

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is adding a bright flourish to the Temple of Dendur

February 2, 2016

Stranded travelers line up at a train station in Guangzhou, China, where tens of thousands of people are stranded due to bad weather.

And you thought your holiday commute was bad

February 2, 2016

Specialty serveware from the collection of Charles "Chuck" Williams, founder of Williams-Sonoma.

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Williams-Sonoma’s Founder Is Getting His Own Museum

The museum will feature the 4,000-plus pieces of cookware that the kitchenware impresario donated upon his death

January 29, 2016

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Step Inside a Dalí Painting at This Virtual Reality Exhibit

Surrealism meets real life in an exploration of a Dalí masterwork

January 28, 2016

Who wouldn't want to let these adorable critters pass through?

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British People Are Building Highways for Hedgehogs Through Their Yards

Hedgehog populations in England have declined since the 1970s due urban and suburban development

January 28, 2016

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un laughs during a factory tour in January 2016. North Korea tied with Somalia for "most corrupt" in a 2105 index of global corruption perceptions.

Corruption is everywhere, but some nations are more corrupt than others

January 27, 2016

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Rare White Giraffe Survived Her First Year

The 15-month old calf has so far survived possible predation from lions, leopards, hyenas and human poachers

January 27, 2016

A ground view of the proposed design for "The Weight of Sacrifice," which will serve as the new national World War I memorial.

One hundred years later, WWI will finally get a large-scale memorial in Washington, D.C.

January 27, 2016

Are you a global citizen? Then you might need one of these.

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You Can Get an Antarctic Passport

Pledge your loyalty to the southernmost continent—and to the ideals of peace, equality and sustainability

January 27, 2016

Villagers air red lanterns in Xingtai City, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 25, 2016. Luozhuang Township is a famous lantern production base in Xingtai.

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China’s Lantern Makers Are Gearing Up for the New Year

Delicate, bright and iconic, China’s lanterns symbolize celebration and good luck

January 26, 2016

Amber Anderson and Sara Sanders were awarded an honorable mention for the 2015 Library of Congress Leicester B. Holland prize.

Step back in time with architectural drawings of buildings steeped in history

January 26, 2016

Repairing a set of 115-year-old bridges may require shutting off the rush of water that usually flows over the falls

January 26, 2016

Is it a shell, a toilet bowl, a cupcake? Either way, it's now available on Google Street View.

Visit New York’s Guggenheim Museum Without Leaving Your House

It’s easier than ever to immerse yourself in the iconic, Frank Lloyd Wright-designed museum

January 25, 2016

"We were facing two options: to leave the site to fall into ruin or find investors who would be willing to restore it and make it accessible to visitors," Montenegrin tourism chief Olivera Brajovic tells the Agence France-Presse.

The tiny Mamula island once held more than 2,300 prisoners during World War II

January 25, 2016

More than 25 specialists worked on the replica cave over the course of three years.

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See the World Like a Paleolithic Cave Dweller With This Replica of the Lascaux Cave Paintings

Go back in time with the help of some talented French artists

January 21, 2016

"Love Letter Brooklyn" was first installed in 2011.

“Love Letter Brooklyn” will soon be gone forever

January 20, 2016

The five planets will be visible to the naked eye, but a telescope can add another layer of delight

Five planets will appear together in the sky—all visible to the naked eye

January 20, 2016

A work by Pavel Ilie at the Romania Postmodernism Museum's "Before & After" exhibition.

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This Postmodern Art Captures a Tiny Moment of Hope During Romania’s Communist Years

Learn about Romania’s “unfrozen years” at Bucharest’s Postmodernism Museum

January 15, 2016

Google helped develop new miniature cameras to capture the Miniatur Wunderland.

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Get a Big View of the World’s Largest Miniature Train Set

All aboard the Cute Train to Tinytown

January 14, 2016

For the first time since 1974, no climbers reached the peak of Mt. Everest.

For the first time in over four decades, red tape and poor conditions prevented any climbers from conquering the mountain

January 14, 2016

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