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See beautiful paintings to relieve pain
Seeing a masterpiece of art not only helps us raise the soul. According to psychologists, this also helps to ease physical pain.
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Ancient Buddhist paintings at Bamiyan are painted with oil paint
Through experiments conducted at the European Synchrotron Radiation Research Laboratory (ESRF), scientists have shown that paintings in caves in Bamiyan region are paint…
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Using Monet's paintings to learn about the phenomenon of dirty gas pollution
British scientists used canvas paintings by the French master Claude Monet to learn about a mysterious pollution phenomenon that clouded London in the late 19th century.
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Little Virgin Mary 'tears' twice in a row
Many people flocked to the church in a small village near the Macedonian capital after someone saw tears falling from the Virgin Mary's painting.
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Evidence of UFOs in Renaissance paintings
Many unusual objects in the sky are depicted in the 14th to early 18th century paintings that look very much like unidentified flying objects (UFOs).
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Does centaur actually exist?
Researchers claim that creatures half-beastly in Greek myths really exist. They found many paintings on the rock depicting them and believed that the ancient painters ma…
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The ghost picture haunts thousands of people
In the world, there are paintings that are considered spooky associated with many rumors.
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The mystery of Leonardo Da Vinci's lost masterpiece
After 35 years of fruitless research, art experts have decided to take a fairly drastic new method to solve the long-standing mystery of a famous Leonardo Da Vinci paint…
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The secret of the ancient painting in Australia's grave
In addition to Europe, Africa and America, archaeologists have discovered fossils and prehistoric wall paintings in Australia in recent years. The characters on these fr…
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Lava paintings in Xinjiang
In a ravine in the northwest of Qinghua district, north of Xinjiang province, archaeologists from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region National Museum have discovered a…
World Heritage
Monastery of Saint Catherine
Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized the Monastery of Saint Catherine of Egypt as a World Cultural Heritage in 1979.
World Heritage
Art stone cave at Tsodilo hill
Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized the Art Stone Cave at Botswana's Tsodilo Hill as a World Cultural Heritage in 2001.
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Prehistoric archaeological sites in the Dordogne valley and caves in the valley of Vézère - France
Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization recognized the prehistoric archaeological site in the Dordogne valley and the caves in France's Vézère valley…
Archeology
Detecting 12,000-year-old drawings from the Ice Age
Archaeologists have a remarkable discovery with cave paintings in eastern France dating to 12,000 years old, hidden under another drawing.