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Survey the history of art, from antiquity to the present, on a global scale. Civilizations reveals the role art and creative imagination have played in forging humanity, and introduce viewers to works of beauty, ingenuity and illumination across cultures.
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The Lion Man
One of the oldest objects of an imaginary being ever discovered, it was carved over hundreds of painstaking hours.
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The Lion Man
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One of the oldest objects of an imaginary being ever discovered, it was carved over hundreds of painstaking hours.
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The Sacred Mountain
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One of the most spectacular places where the symbolism of the sacred mountain has been turned into a work of art is found
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The Day of the Dead
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The Conquistadors attempted to eradicate all traces of indigenous Mexican culture and religion. But some glimmers of its p
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New Forms of Spirituality
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Today, especially in the West, art has found new ways to engage with our spiritual impulses, even when the audience is oft
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