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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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West Bank 'plane chalet' helps aviation dreams take off

A guest house built in the shape of an airplane in Qaffin. — AFP

France's military pigeons race in memory of brave predecessors

Pigeons fly over a French army's military dovecote, the last active in Europe, at Mont-Valerien in Suresne, near Paris, on July 1, 2025. In the fortress of Mont-Val駻ien, in Suresnes (west of Paris), lies the last military dovecote in Europe, once used by the army to transmit messages. (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP)

Egyptian conservators give King Tut's treasures new glow

Egyptian conservators give King Tut's treasures new glow.

Bavaria hopes Ludwig's fantasy castles will at last make UNESCO list

Bavaria hopes Ludwig's fantasy castles will at last make UNESCO list

First-Ever Images of Sun’s South Pole Released by European Mission

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Most world heritage sites at risk of drought or flooding: UN

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Peru gas workers find thousand-year-old mummy

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Saint John the Baptist Cape Verde festivities attract thousands

Saint John the Baptist Cape Verde festivities attract thousands

On Palestinian cooking and cultural preservation

FILE PHOTO: Palestinian-British chef, food-writer and restaurateur Sami Tamimi prepares a bulgur kubbeh dish from his new cookbook during an interview with Reuters at his home in London, Britain, June 3, 2025. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

Malaysia's Dayaks mark rice harvest end with colourful parade

Malaysia's Dayaks mark rice harvest end with colourful parade

Stuff of dreams: Amsterdam's 'Art Zoo' mixes art and taxidermy

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Amsterdam honours its own Golden Age sculpture master

This photograph shows a sculpture by 17th century sculptor Artus Quellinus during a press preview of an exhibition displaying over one hundred pieces created by Artus Quellinus, at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam on June 16, 2025. Netherlands OUT

First fossil proof found that long-necked dinosaurs were vegetarians

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Ancient Trees, Dwindling in the Wild, Thrive on Sacred Ground

A Styphnolobium japonicum tree, about 1,000 years old, at the LingGuang Temple in Beijing. (Zhiyao Tang via The New York Times)

Ancient Malian city celebrates annual replastering of mosque

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