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Gas workers uncover 1,000-year-old mummy in Peru
AFP, Published on 01/08/2025
» LIMA — A crew of workers accidentally discovered a mummy more than 1,000 years old while installing gas pipes in Peru's capital Lima, their employer and archaeologists said Thursday.
Hopes for migrant deal as Macron wraps up UK state visit
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» LONDON — London and Paris were working Thursday to thrash out a deal on undocumented migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats on the last day of the French president's state visit to Britain.
Army: Google doesn't decide who owns disputed ruins in Surin
Online Reporters, Published on 02/07/2025
» A Thai army spokesman on Wednesday reasserted Thailand's historical claim to sovereignty over the disputed Ta Muean Thom temple ruins in Surin, on the border with Cambodia.
Temple angst misplaced
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/07/2025
» Once again, Phu Man Fah temple is dominating headlines as Cambodia has vented its anger about a construction project at the monastery, smearing it as an "Angkor Wat replica".
Dying breed: Tunisian dog lovers push to save age-old desert hound
AFP, Published on 27/06/2025
» RAS ANGELA (TUNISIA) - Nemcha, Zina and Zouina, three North African Sloughi hounds, play on the beach in Tunisia where their ancestors have long roamed desert plains, seemingly unaware of the existential threat to their dwindling breed.
Peru gas workers find thousand-year-old mummy
AFP, Published on 20/06/2025
» LIMA - Peruvian gas workers this week found a thousand-year-old mummy while installing pipes in Lima, their company said, confirming the latest discovery of a pre-Hispanic tomb in the capital.
Remains of Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old unearthed in Guatemala
AFP, Published on 30/05/2025
» GUATEMALA CITY - Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site, the Central American country's Culture Ministry said on Thursday.
Push for Chiang Mai Unesco nomination
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/04/2025
» The government is set to nominate Chiang Mai as a Unesco World Heritage Site by 2026 to commemorate the northern city's 730th anniversary.
Taliban change tune towards Afghan heritage sites
AFP, Published on 22/04/2025
» GOWARJAN, Afghanistan - In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. Two decades later, they are back in power and claim to be making strides to preserve Afghanistan's millennia-old heritage, including pre-Islamic relics.
Unesco push for Wat Arun
News, Published on 09/04/2025
» The Culture Ministry will this month submit relevant documents to the Unesco World Heritage Centre in Paris in its bid to propose the iconic pagoda at Wat Arun on the Tentative List of World Heritage sites.