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    Painted Ptolemaic tomb unveiled in Egypt

    07 Apr 2019

    Archaeologists unveiled a well preserved and finely painted tomb thought to be from the early Ptolemaic period near the Egyptian town of Sohag.

    Houbara museum opens in Saudi

    05 May 2019

    The International Fund for Houbara Conservation, IFHC, has joined forces with Saudi Arabia’s Al Qassim Region to launch a houbara museum, in a UAE-Saudi partnership that spreads awareness of the vulnerable bustard and the need to preserve and conserve the emblematic species.

    'Priceless' jewels snatched from German state museum

    26 Nov 2019

    Robbers made off with priceless 18th century jewellery from a state museum in Dresden on Monday, police and museum directors said, in a major art heist that has shocked Germany.

    VIDEO: Man eats $120,000 piece of art: a banana taped to the wall

    08 Dec 2019

    A performance artist shook up the crowd at the Art Basel show in Miami Beach on Saturday when he grabbed a banana that had been duct-taped to a gallery wall and ate it.

    Nobel winner Mahfouz lives on in Cairo's alleyways

    27 Nov 2019

    The legacy of Islamic Cairo's most famous son Naguib Mahfouz lives on in its winding lanes 21 years after he became the only Arab to win the Nobel Literature Prize.

    Oscar Wilde's stolen ring found by Dutch 'art detective'

    16 Nov 2019

    A golden ring once given as a present by the famed Irish writer Oscar Wilde has been recovered by a Dutch "art detective" nearly 20 years after it was stolen from Britain's Oxford University.

    Sea animal lanterns shine in Paris

    17 Nov 2019

    Giant lanterns in the shape of killer whales, octopuses and clown fish were lit up on Friday in the middle of a four-centuries-old botanical garden in Paris.

    Art show seeks the ‘real Moscow’ in grim suburbs

    25 Nov 2019

    With the participation of the Museum of Vienna and the Austrian Cultural Forum, the exhibit uses contemporary art to explore the many hidden facets of life outside the Russian capital’s nucleus.

    Mona Lisa’s smile now behind extremely protective glass

    09 Oct 2019

    Visitors to the Louvre 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 to protect the world's most famous painting.

    Lovers of slime can gear up and get drenched at NYC pop-up

    27 Oct 2019

    Slime, the bedazzled, stretchy sensation that has spawned its own social media influencers and fans of all ages, is taking up residence in New York City.

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