The Native Americans of northern California were highly skilled at basketry, using the reeds,grasses, barks, a…

Prehistoric mammoths have been preserved in the famous tar pits of Rancho La Brea (Brea is the Spanish word fo…

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The sculptural legacy that the new United States inherited from its colonial predecessors was far from a rich …

The canopy, the upper level of the trees in the rain forest, holds a plethora of climbing mammals of moderatel…

As Philadelphia grew from a small town into a city in the first half of the eighteenth century, it became an i…

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Perhaps the most obvious way artistic creation reflects how people live is by mirroring the environment — the …

The term “Hudson River school” was applied to the foremost representatives of nineteenth-century N…

The Native Americans of northern California were highly skilled at basketry, using the reeds,grasses, barks, a…

The geology of the Earth’s surface is dominated by the particular properties of water. Present on Earth …