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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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Teeth Reveal Full Range of Deadly Lions’ Diet

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Omani and regional artists invited to showcase at Al Ghorrah

Artists interested in participating must submit their entries by Nov 5

Fungi finding: mushroom hunters seek new species and recognition

Participants Chris Medary (L) and Oscar Hammer carefully handle an Amanita mushroom they found during a fungi biodiversity survey near Port Angeles, Washington, on October 17, 2024. Amateur mycologists and mushroom experts alike are stepping up efforts to identify and name the approximately 94 percent of fungi that have yet to be identified out the 2.5 million species of fungi that are thought to exist on earth. So far less than six percent of mushrooms have been classified. The recognition of the importance of fungi in the earth痴 health and ecology has grown, so much so that the role of mushrooms is set to come up for discussion at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity COP16 meeting in Colombia, which kicks off on October 21, 2024. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)

A Leggy Tyrannosaur Emerges From a Mexican Desert

An artist’s concept of Labocania aguillonae, a long-legged Mexican tyrannosaur, confronting a Coahuilaceratops. (Rivera-Sylva and Longrich, Fossil Studies 2024 via The New York Times)

Restored 'Apollo Belvedere' marble back on show in the Vatican

A view of the 'Apollo Belvedere' statue after it was unveiled after restoration at the Vatican Museums at the Vatican, October 15, 2024. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Egypt opens more galleries in long-awaited antiquities museum

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Thousands of hold memorials worldwide

Tributes are placed at a memorial for former One Direction singer Liam Payne, who was found dead after he fell from a third-floor hotel room balcony in Buenos Aires, in Hyde Park, London, Britain, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams

Japanese hot spring resort to open in United States

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From forests to oceans, nature in a dire state

The moon rises as cranes migrate to their resting places near Linum, Brandenburg, eastern Germany

A New Mini-Moon Is Being Captured by Planet Earth

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How Italy and Oman Collaborate in Cultural Preservation

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Things Are Looking Up for Africa’s Upside-Down Baobab Trees

The Dorsland Tree, a baobab in Nyae Nyae Conservancy in Namibia, has collapsed several times but is regrowing. (Sarah Venter via The New York Times)

The strain of bad tourist behaviour on local Omani villages

The strain of bad tourist behaviour on local Omani villages

How to stop straining your eyes

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Goat markets and how souqs evolved to become windows to Oman culture

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