Reuters correspondent Zoran Radosavljevic reports on the recent opening of the new museum at Krapina, Croatia. The museum is devoted to Neandertals, and represents the long work of Croat paleoanthropologist Jakov Radovcic. …

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We’d be here all day if I pointed out all the unique, unusual, bizarre, strange, interesting, weird, scary, odd architecture. So, my Europe travel tip for architecture enthusiasts when Europe travel planning is schedule a stop in to see …

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When things become museum objects, they can appear to be removed from the world of normal circulation. The process of collecting ethnographic objects has been described in terms of detachment and excision (Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 1998). …

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“We need to write our own history. We will see that maybe when we play at Anfield but it is magical to play against such a team.” The game will also see Garcia come up against one of his mentors from when he was a young coach. …

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Eric Michael Johnson gives an account of the history of science work of Mirwa Elshakry: Darwin and Spencer in the Middle East.” Elshakry’s thesis explored how views of Darwin and Darwinism changed in the Arab world during the pre-WWI …

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A city with a distinct architectural style has a certain draw to travelers. Great architecture is both artistic and scientific, both beautiful and practical. Even more, architecture gives us cultural clues about a city’s past, …

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Best Architecture Cities in the World | BootsnAll Travel Articles

A city with a distinct architectural style has a certain draw to travelers. Great architecture is both artistic and scientific, both beautiful and practical. Even more, architecture gives us …

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Ned and I went to the Jimma Museum on the weekend, my companion didn’t feel well. The Americans said that if you have zero expectations, you would be pleased with museum. I had my student ID and.

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A short history of recent plug-in vehicles, courtesy of CalCars. by Sebastian Blanco (RSS feed) on Mar 8th 2010 at 7:50PM. We’ve been chronicling the world of more efficient vehicles for almost four years now, but we’re still the new …

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Mark Grol, Managing Director of Sotheby’s Amsterdam, said: “Sotheby’s Amsterdam made history this evening with the sale of works from one of the most beloved corporate art collections ever formed. The results achieved tonight represent …

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Sotheby's Sale of the Peter Stuyvesant Collection Realises …