12,000 Years Ago, Native Americans Were Playing Games of Chance with Handmade Dice
New research suggests that dice developed much earlier—to the tune of 6,000 years—than originally thought.
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These 1,000-Year-Old Paper Flowers, Sealed in a Cave, Are a Marvel of Preservation
Among the Mogao Caves’ nearly 500 chambers and temples in China, a space known as Cave 17 revealed thousands of extraordinary objects in the early 20th century.
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Hope and Love Prevail During a Terrible Historic Era in the Short Film ‘Father’s Letters’
A scientist imprisoned at a remote Soviet Gulag corresponds with his daughter in Moscow.
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In ‘Reading the Rooms,’ Gretchen Scherer ‘Opens Up’ Historic, Art-Filled Spaces
There’s something ineffably satisfying about a room in miniature.
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Stephen Towns’ Quilted Works Emphasize Black Joy as Resistance in ‘Safer Waters’
‘Safer Waters: Picturing Black Recreation at Midcentury’ continues through June 14 at the Wichita Art Museum.
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‘Cat’ Is a Purr-fect Celebration of Felines in Art Throughout the Centuries
The new book, forthcoming from Phaidon, surveys felines in art throughout the millennia.
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Derrick Guild Summons Historical Portraits in Fragmented Trompe-l’œil Paintings
Paintings by Velázquez, Ramsay, Hodges, and more provide the starting point for Guild’s intimate works.
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Michelangelo Made His First Masterpiece When He Was 12 Years Old
The painting was attributed to another Renaissance artist’s workshop for centuries.
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‘Making the Invisible Visible’ Highlights an Ambitious Digitization Project at Harvard
More than 3,000 historical scientific microscope slides are conserved and digitized to enable greater access.
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‘Gold from Newton’s Apple Tree’ Traces Natural Pigment Recipes from the Ancient World to Today
Nabil Ali celebrates the long legacy of botanical pigments and the craft traditions that used them.
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