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Artefacts show Palestine’s rich culture and history

25 Oct 2019

Shortly before the 2008-09 devastating Israeli war on Gaza, I visited a small private museum, then the only museum in Gaza. “Al-Madhaf” had been established by Jawdat Khoudary, a contractor,...

Marie-Antoinette: Paris exhibition pays tribute to fashion legacy of once reviled queen

17 Oct 2019

Marie Antoinette is perhaps best remembered as the queen during the French Revolution notorious for her lavish lifestyle and indifference to the woes of the common man. The woman...

Afghan Museum restores Buddhist history, one broken piece at a time

15 Oct 2019

Restoring Afghanistan's Buddhist artefacts that were destroyed by the Taliban 18 years ago is like working on a 1,500-year-old jigsaw puzzle, say conservators working on the latest restoration project....

Sharjah to showcase artifacts from Kuwait

15 Oct 2019

Sharjah Archaeology Museum, part of Sharjah Museums Authority (SMA), has announced that it is hosting a six-month long exhibition that showcases Kuwait’s ancient history. Held in cooperation with the Kuwaiti...

Louvre in France opens a new art conservation centre to protect priceless artworks

10 Oct 2019

The Louvre opened a new sprawling art conservation centre Tuesday some 200 kilometres (120 miles) from Paris to protect the museum's priceless artworks from its flood-prone storage reserves. Special...

Mona Lisa’s smile now behind extremely protective glass

09 Oct 2019

Visitors to the Louvre in Paris should have a clearer view of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" after the museum installed a new, more transparent form of bullet-proof glass...

Washington museum replaces artifacts of the first miniature Bible carried to the moon

08 Oct 2019

The Museum of the Bible in Washington quietly replaced an artifact purported to be one of a handful of miniature Bibles that a NASA astronaut carried to the moon...

Argentina Holocaust museum takes custody over Nazi artifacts

03 Oct 2019

The museum of the Holocaust in Argentina’s capital on Wednesday took custody of the largest collection of Nazi artifacts discovered in the country’s history. Federal police and Interpol agents...

Artist Kehinde Wiley unveils bold sculpture in Times Square

29 Sep 2019

Perpetually crowded Times Square has a new statue for pedestrians to navigate - but it's unlike any other. Artist Kehinde Wiley unveiled his biggest work ever Friday, a massive...

Several dozen Alien hunters gather near secretive US base at Area 51

22 Sep 2019

Several dozen people -- rather than the two million feared -- showed up on Friday near a secretive US military base in the Nevada desert, answering a meme-inspired Facebook...

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