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UNESCO sounds alarm over quake damage to Turkey, Syria heritage
AFP, Published on 07/02/2023
» PARIS - The UN's cultural agency UNESCO said two sites listed on its World Heritage list in Syria and Turkey sustained damage in the devastating earthquake and warned several others may also have been hit.
Unesco fears quake damage to heritage sites
AFP, Published on 07/02/2023
» PARIS: The UN's cultural agency Unesco said on Tuesday it was ready to provide assistance after two sites listed on its World Heritage list in Syria and Turkey sustained damage in the devastating earthquake.
Huge complex of 500 standing stones found in Spain
AFP, Published on 19/08/2022
» MADRID: A huge megalithic complex of more than 500 standing stones has been discovered in southern Spain which could be one of the largest in Europe, archaeologists said on Thursday.
Island-hopping: Genetics reveal how humans settled remote Pacific
AFP, Published on 23/09/2021
» PARIS - Easter Island's famous megaliths have relatives on islands thousands of miles to the north and west -- and so did the people who created them, a study said Wednesday.
Japan forest lights up in digital art show
AFP, Published on 16/07/2021
» TOKYO: A cascading waterfall made entirely of light pours onto a rock while azalea trees are illuminated in a glowing ripple at a digital art show in a Japanese forest.
Mystery solved: Scientists trace source of Stonehenge pillars
AFP, Published on 30/07/2020
» WASHINGTON: Stonehenge, a Neolithic wonder in southern England, has vexed historians and archaeologists for centuries with its many mysteries: How was it built? What purpose did it serve? Where did its towering sandstone pillars come from?