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A metro station reveals old Roman treasures

Beyond the entrance of Rome's newest metro station under the Colosseum, there are display cases filled with hundreds of ancient artefacts found during a decade-long construction project.Spread out over four levels...

The Colossuem is seen through a window of the new metro line of the Colosseum metro station. — Reuters

After Five Centuries, Stars Rise in Istanbul

A steam room at the Zeyrek Cinili Hamam in Istanbul, where visitors can enjoy a Turkish bath under domes pierced with star-shaped skylights, on April 24, 2024. (Bradley Secker/The New York Times)

Pyramids built along long-lost river, scientists discover

Pyramids built along long-lost river, scientists discover

Mongolia's wildlife at risk from overgrazing

Mongolia's wildlife at risk from overgrazing

Nepal's nature threatened by new development push: conservationists

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World’s oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat

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Unique venues heat up sauna scene in Sweden and Finland

Architect Johan Strandlund pours water on a custom-made wood stove with hot rocks inside the "Big Branzino", a luxe floating sauna measuring 30 square metres, as it floats in the waters of the Swedish capital, Stockholm, on May 5, 2023. In Sweden and Finland, some unusual saunas have been built in recent years, offering truly singular experiences. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Viken KANTARCI (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Viken KANTARCI

Spain abolishes national bullfighting award in cultural shift

FILE PHOTO: Bullfighter Fernando Robleno is gored by a bull from the Jose Escolar Gil ranch during a bullfight at Sanfermines in Pamplona, Spain, July 8, 2023. REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo

T. rex is at the center of a debate over dinosaur intelligence

Visitors look at a 67 million year-old skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex, named Trix, at the French National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.

Saudi Poet Prince Badr dies at 75

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Egypt reclaims 3,400-year-old stolen statue of King Ramses II

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'Ancient Roman' solar roof tiles power Pompeii villa

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Song, dance, and the Koran: Ethiopia's Harari celebrate centuries-old festival

Song, dance, and the Koran: Ethiopia's Harari celebrate centuries-old festival

Sharing the secrets of rose distillation in Jabal Akdhar

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Gaza's historic treasures saved by 'irony of history'

(FILES) Artifacts are on display in the first ever National Museum of Archaeology in Gaza opend recently by Jawdat Khoudary, a Palestinian businessman and collector, on July 28, 2008. Gaza's "Napoleon's Palace" has been destroyed, the ancient Greek site of Anthedon bombed and its only private museum burned down: the war has taken a terrible toll on the rich heritage of the Palestinian territory. But in a strange twist of fate, some of its greatest treasures are safe in a warehouse in Switzerland, ironically all thanks to the blockade that made life in the Gaza Strip such a struggle for the past 16 years. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

'Titanic' task of finding plundered African art in French museums

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