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Prehistoric Pile Dwellings Around the Alps - UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Prehistoric Pile Dwellings Around the Alps - UNESCO World Heritage Site

The UNESCO World Heritage prehistoric pile dwellings (stilt houses) around the Alps, in Germany, Switzerland, France, Austria and Italy was quite a difficult World Heritage site to visit...
Brú na Bóinne, Ireland: Prehistoric Burial Mounds
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Brú na Bóinne, Ireland: Prehistoric Burial Mounds

One hour north of Dublin in the Boyne River valley, evocative 5000-year-old (older than the pyramids!) burial mounds sprout from the lush Irish countryside. The best place for a glimpse of prehistoric...
The Dordogne, France: Lascaux's Prehistoric Cave Paintings
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The Dordogne, France: Lascaux's Prehistoric Cave Paintings

More info about travel to France: http://www.ricksteves.com/europe/france From about 18,000 to 10,000 b.c., long before Stonehenge and the pyramids, back when mammoths and saber-toothed cats still...
Interview: Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance
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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...
Rock Drawings of Valcamonica
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Rock Drawings of Valcamonica

The rock drawings of Valcamonica are prehistoric petroglyphs carved in the glacier-polished, grey-purple Permian sandstone of the Camonica valley that extends for 90 km in the Italian provinces of Brescia and Bergamo...
Interview: Nudity in the Ancient World
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Interview: Nudity in the Ancient World

The nude figure is a universal visual theme, deeply rooted in the history of art, and it is seemingly ubiquitous in the art of the ancient civilizations of the Near East and Mediterranean. The Antikenmuseum...
Paul Cézanne
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Paul Cézanne

Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) was a French post-impressionist artist. Although he struggled for recognition in his own lifetime and often lacked confidence in his work, the artist's unique style, use of light and colour, and his interest...
Aboriginal Rock Art
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Aboriginal Rock Art

Pictographs known as Wandjina in the Wunnumurra Gorge, Barnett River, Kimberley, Western Australia.
Augsburg Confession
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Augsburg Confession

The Augsburg Confession is the affirmation of faith of the Lutheran Church written by Philip Melanchthon (l. 1497-1560) and presented at the Diet of Augsburg in June 1530. The document attempted to reconcile differences between...
Bhimbetka Cave Art
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Bhimbetka Cave Art

Paleolithic cave art found at the Bhimbetka rock shelters in Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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