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Seven Skeletons Found in a Croatian Well Were Likely Ancient Roman Soldiers Who Died During a Troubled Time for the Empire

A Family Found These Rare Tudor Coins Buried in Their Backyard. Now, the Trove Is Heading to the Auction Block

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See How These Medieval Artists Explored the Many Meanings of Love and Desire in a New Exhibition at the Met Cloisters

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One of Frank Lloyd Wright's Rare Usonian Automatic Homes Achieves Landmark Status

See Renoir's Rare Drawings on Display in the First Exhibition of Its Kind Since 1921

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Meet Henri Rousseau, the Untrained Artist Who Wouldn't Quit Painting—Despite the Ridicule He Received From Critics

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