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Once in a 1,000-year chance to see Bayeux Tapestry in England

The first tickets for the British Museum's exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry, sold out within hours, in what it's called "an extraordinary response"to the 11th-century artwork being shown outside France for the...

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Bradman 'baggy green' cap sells for $250,000 at auction

A cap worn by Australia's greatest cricket legend Don Bradman is on display at an auction house Bonhams in Sydney on December 2, 2024. The cap will be auctioned in Sydney on December 3, 2024, with the tattered "baggy green" expected to fetch as much as 260,000 USD. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP)

Scientists unveil 3,600-year-old forging process of Nebra Sky Disc

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Peru scientists unveil crocodile fossil up to 12 million years old

A 10-million-year-old fossil of a juvenile Cenozoic crocodile of the genus Piscogavialis is unveiled in Lima on November 27, 2024. The Geological, Mining, and Metallurgical Institute of Peru (Ingemmet) presented the articulated and almost complete skeleton of a juvenile fossil gavial discovered in Ocucaje, Ica, in southern Peru. (Photo by Ernesto BENAVIDES / AFP)

Notre-Dame cathedral set to reopen: What to expect

The facade of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris. — AFP

The Timeless Art of Omani Pottery Becomes More Sustainable

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This Elephant Uses a Hose to Give Herself a Shower Every Day

Mary, an Asian elephant at the Berlin Zoo who has learned to use a hose to shower herself. (Urban et al., Current Biology 2024 via The New York Times).

‘Critically endangered’ African penguins just want peace, food

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Dinosaur skeleton fetches 6 million euros in Paris sale

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Resilient but threatened, Kenya celebrates Maa culture

Morans (traditional warriors) of the Samburu community perform a cultural dance that entails high vertical leaps during the Maa festival that brought members of Maasai tribes from across Kenya to the Samburu national reserve in Archer's Post, near Samburu, on November 7, 2024. The Maa Festival celebrates one of the best-known parts of Kenya's culture, which has been remarkably resilient even as it is strained by modernisation and climate change. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP)

Brazilian Fossil Hints at Older Origin for All Dinosaurs

An undated illustration provided by Matheus Fernandes Gadelha shows Gondwanax paraisensis in a Triassic landscape of present-day southern Brazil. (Matheus Fernandes Gadelha via The New York Times)

Bait Al Oud is a significant historical and cultural landmark in Al Amerat

Bait Al Oud is a significant historical and cultural landmark in Al Amerat

Fading literature: Delhi's famed Urdu Bazaar on last legs

This photograph taken on October 22, 2024 shows Sikander Mirza Changezi, the co-founder of Hazrat Shah Waliullah public library, speaking during an interview with AFP, at his library in Urdu Bazar in the old quarters of Delhi. Urdu, spoken by many millions today, has a rich past that reflects how cultures melded to forge India's complex history. - To go with 'India-Language-History-Urdu', FOCUS by Aishwarya KUMAR and Abhaya SRIVASTAVA (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) / To go with 'India-Language-History-Urdu', FOCUS by Aishwarya KUMAR and Abhaya SRIVASTAVA

4,000-year-old town discovered hidden in Arabian oasis

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Lost Mayan city discovered in southern Mexico jungle

A composite of Lidar images shows what archeologists in Mexico say is a newly discovered lost Mayan city, which they named Valeriana, hidden deep in the southern jungle of Campeche, Mexico, in this undated handout released October 29, 2024. Auld-Thomas et al, 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Antiquity Publications Ltd/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT

Modern art museum breathes new life into downtown Warsaw

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