American artist Charles R. Knight produced some of the most iconic paintings of prehistoric life to date. Several major natural history museums in the US have featured Knight’s murals: detailed, ...

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A new study by an Oxford University researcher finds that owning a home in early adult life adds approximately four months to the lives of male Americans born in the early twentieth century.

The long, momentous Victorian age came to an end with the death of the old Queen in 1901 - while the accession of her son, ...

Featuring coachwork by Erdmann & Rossi, this Horch 853 Spezialroadster started life as a stunning automotive masterpiece, but ...

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