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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: George Moses Horton published a book of poetry in 1829, when he was still a slave in North Carolina. He went on to write several volumes, which never earned enough money for him to buy his freedom. He was finally set free by the Un

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This is absolutely breath taking, it is actually quite hard to believe in some ways the Egyptians did what they did when they did it, at a time when the rest of the planet, or most of it anyway was in intellectual darkness, the Egyptians were creatin

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I am going on a series of astonishing adventures. Traveling along three of the mightiest rivers on the planet.These rivers have given rights to some of the world's greatest civilizations. For centuries, we washed their life-giving waters and feared t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Titus Kaphar: How Can We Address Centuries of Racism In Art?

GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. And not too long ago, painter and sculptor Titus Kaphar was visiting the Natural History Museum in New York with his kids. TITUS KAPHAR: That's right - two kids, two boys. RAZ: And how old

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Now, when Russia's communist system came crashing down 25 years ago, many Russians hoped their country would become a democracy. We were reminded two years ago how dim those hopes have become when a prominent opposition leader was

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: And now to a delectable Instagram fad - cloud eggs, beautiful fluffy egg white surrounding a sunny yellow yolk. They're pretty easy to make at home. You need eggs, a hand mixer, salt and pepper to taste before tossing them

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West Tibet, the roof of the world. In the thin air, 6000 metres high, a vast area of wasteland as far as the eye can see. In this remote corner of western Tibet, lie the ruins of a mysterious kingdom - a kingdom whose army was feared by all its neigh

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-I remember one kid said, Sir, that doesn't make any sense? I said, How do you mean it doesn't make any sense? I said, Carson wanted the union of Ireland and Britain, he wanted what, for him, was the best thing for Ireland. Now can you say that he is

2006年VOA标准英语-Americans Embrace Centuries-Old Art Form

By Arti Jain and Amy Katz Los Angeles, CA 17 January 2006 watch Henna Art report It is believed that the art of body painting with henna dye dates back to the Middle East 5,000 years ago. From there i

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A long wait, on this Moment of Science. You might have heard the old adage that glass is a liquid, and if you go over to Europe and look at the stained glass windows in the cathedrals, you'll find them thicker on the bottom than the top because they