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16 hours ago · 807,000 sq ft (75,000 m 2) in 94 galleries. The Great Court was developed in 2001 and surrounds the original Reading Room. The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. [3]
- 7 June 1753; 270 years ago
- Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, England, United Kingdom
16 hours ago · The Asian elephant ( Elephas maximus ), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is a species of elephant distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west, to Borneo in the east, Nepal in the north, and Sumatra in the south. Three subspecies are recognised— E. m. maximus, E. m. indicus and E. m. sumatranus.
16 hours ago · t. e. New Age is a range of spiritual or religious practices and beliefs which rapidly grew in Western society during the early 1970s. Its highly eclectic and unsystematic structure makes a precise definition difficult.
16 hours ago · Overview and definition. The Modernist movement began to emerge during the late 19th century in response to significant changes in Western culture, including secularization and the growing influence of science. Modernism is characterized as a rejection of tradition and a hunt for newer, more original means of cultural expression.
16 hours ago · Ovis guineensis Linnaeus, 1758. Ovis strepsiceros Linnaeus, 1758. Sheep ( pl.: sheep) or domestic sheep ( Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Although the term sheep can apply to other species in the genus Ovis, in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated sheep.
16 hours ago · Louisiana Creoles are a Louisiana French ethnic group descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana before it became a part of the United States during the period of both French and Spanish rule. They share cultural ties such as the traditional use of the French, Spanish, and Creole languages and predominant practice of Catholicism. The term Créole was originally used by French Creoles ...
16 hours ago · Most of those who remain in Georgia are older people; the younger generation found it easier to relocate to Russia. The Doukhobor community of Gorelovka in Ninotsminda District, the former "capital" of the Kalmykov family, is thought to be the best-preserved in all former Soviet Union countries. Ecumenical relations
