"Up until a week ago, here is something you could have learned from Wikipedia:  From 1640 to 1641 the might of colonial Portugal clashed with India's massive Maratha Empire in an undeclared war that would later be known as the Bicholim Conflict. Named after the northern Indian region where most of the fighting took place, the conflict ended with a ( Read more... )

Bob Dylan's new exhibition of paintings in New York is being criticized. Are these copies of others' works? or is Dylan following these photos? Perhaps he is simply stealing them shamefully? Read here more.
Questions about authenticity... these are my favorites.

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The idea of the "fake" has for some years been fashionable in
classical archaeology. What's the difference between a "copy" of a
sculpture (made by a enthusiastic eighteenth century sculptor) and a
"forgery" (made by ( Read more... )

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