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Archaeologists uncover Europe's oldest stilt village
AFP, Published on 11/08/2023
» LIN (ALBANIA) - Beneath the turquoise waters of Lake Ohrid, the "Pearl of the Balkans", scientists have uncovered what may be one of Europe's earliest sedentary communities, and are trying to solve the mystery of why it sheltered behind a fortress of defensive spikes.
Sotheby's sale of 200 pairs of Virgil Abloh shoe fetches $25 million
AFP, Published on 10/02/2022
» NEW YORK: Sotheby's announced Wednesday that an auction of 200 pairs of the Louis Vuitton and Nike "Air Force 1" sneaker created by late US designer Virgil Abloh had fetched a total of $25 million.
McLaughlin looks to emulate Warholm on Day 6 of Olympic athletics
AFP, Published on 04/08/2021
» TOKYO: The sixth day of athletics at the Tokyo Olympics takes place on Wednesday. AFP Sport looks at five stand-out events:
Players change, but the strawberries remain at Wimbledon
AFP, Published on 25/06/2021
» MAIDSTONE, United Kingdom: The players who dominated Wimbledon over the past three decades may have changed, from Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf to Roger Federer and Serena Williams, but one feature has remained constant -- the supplier of its trademark strawberries.
Who built Stonehenge? Cremation ashes yield clues
AFP, Published on 03/08/2018
» PARIS - Despite a century of scientific scrutiny, the 5000-year old Neolithic monument in southern England known as Stonehenge has yielded few secrets about the people buried amidst its ring of towering rocks.