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Speak Now: Reward for Biggest Art Heist in History Gets Cut in Half on New Year’s
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum hoped the $10 million reward would shake loose new clues in the 27-year-old crime
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Madame de Pompadour Was Far More Than a ‘Mistress’
Even though she was a keen politicker and influential patron, she’s been historically overlooked
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30,000 Shards of Historic Stained Glass Found in Westminster Abbey’s Attic
The glass and other trash was excavated from depressions in the vaulted ceiling and are being made into new windows for the Abbey
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Dive Through More Than 1,000 Dalí Paintings Online
Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation’s complete catalogue raisonné, which spans from 1910 to 1983, is sheer surrealist eye candy
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Here’s Exactly How Shrunken Heads Are Made
A scientist’s visit to a Shuar elder in Ecuador reveals the secrets of the ceremonial tradition of head shrinking
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Message From the Past Found Inside Spanish Statue of Jesus
A local chaplain wanted people from the future to know what crops his region grew, what games they played and what diseases they suffered
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The Riveting Story of an American Icon
Rosie has a surprising history
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Walt Disney’s First ‘Princess’ Was A Spunky Four-Year-Old
The silent ‘Alice Comedies’ ran from 1924 through 1927, predating Mickey
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