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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now we're going to tour the threatened Chicano murals of East Los Angeles. Most of the shops have signs in Spanish. There are places selling fruit juice, wedding dresses. And in a little storefront, a bunch of women are exercising

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By Suli Yi Tucson, Arizona 13 February 2008 The city of Tucson, Arizona is known for its murals. These wall-size works of art represent a traditional Chicano art form and reflect the city's large Mexican-American population. Some paintings celebrate

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In one ongoing excavating section of Anyang's Yinxu Ruins, scholars found two family tombs with undamaged mural paintings. According to the archaeologists, the two large-scale tomb sites sit side-by-side possibly belonging to imperial families from t

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