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Infrared technology made the faint message clearer.

Hidden 'madman' message on 'The Scream' traced back to Munch himself

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

Experts have long debated the identity of the inscriber, with some suggesting a dissatisfied vandalizer is the author, while others pointed fingers at the Norwegian painter himself.

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A montage of 39 photographs of the 17,300 year old kangaroo, next to an illustration of the painting.

Australia's oldest rock painting is an anatomically accurate kangaroo

By Mindy Weisberger published

Using an unusual dating method, scientists have identified the oldest known example of rock art in Australia.

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An image shows a 16th Century copy of a painting known as Salvator Mundi and attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. The copy was recently stolen from its home museum and recovered.

Italian cops recover stolen da Vinci replica no one knew was missing

By Rafi Letzter published

A stolen copy of a da Vinci painting has turned up in an Italian apartment, even though no one knew it was missing. The museum where it was kept had been shuttered due to COVID-19.

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This image shows 2,953 arced trails of the sun, as it rose and fell over a period of eight years and one month. 

Longest-exposure photo ever was just discovered. It was made through a beer can.

By Stephanie Pappas published

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Lego minifigures on a space background.

The best Lego sets for alien, sci-fi, space fans and more

By Kasandra Brabaw published

Deals Attention, Lego fans! If you love aliens and UFOs, or spaceflight and sci-fi, we've got the perfect sets for you and your kids.

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an image of Notre Dame burning as a man looks on

Rebuilding Notre Dame will be incredibly hard

By Stephanie Pappas published

A new documentary from NOVA shows the delicate and difficult work of restoring the Notre Dame Cathedral after the April 2019 fire that destroyed its roof.

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A statue in Palencia, Spain has been left looking like a clay figure after a botched restoration

Botched restoration leaves Spanish statue looking like a confused potato head

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

This is not the only statue that has been restored to cringe-worthy new looks.

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A team of scientists using x-ray and infrared imaging discovered this hidden Pablo Picasso drawing beneath one of the artist's abstract paintings. The drawing shows a pitcher, mug and what may be a newspaper perched on a tabletop or seat of a chair.

Picasso painting found hidden beneath his famous 'Still Life'

By Owen Jarus published

A hidden drawing by Pablo Picasso has been found beneath one of the artist's abstract paintings, called "Still Life."

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Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" is thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine cloth merchant.

Did Leonardo da Vinci's 'quick eye' help him capture Mona Lisa's fleeting smile?

By Tom Metcalfe published

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This is part of the painting "The Immaculate Conception of El Escorial" by the Spanish Baroque artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. A copy of this painting, possibly by Murillo himself, was destroyed in a botched restoration attempt.

Famous 'immaculate conception' painting is unrecognizable after art restoration failure

By Rafi Letzter published

A botched restoration of a Bartolomé Esteban Murillo painting in Spain has frustrated art conservators and recalled memories of an earlier, similar mistake involving a painting of Jesus.

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