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Spanish Catholic Church held its only same- sex ceremony in 1901

The lesbian couple who trciked them spend the rest of their lives on the run after the truth came out.

21 Feb 2018 1:50 PM IST

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China's terracotta warriors march to Liverpool museum

The exhibit also features a collection of more than 180 Chinese artefacts.

7 Feb 2018 1:30 PM IST

Hyderabad, with its rich history, is hosting two walks as part of the festival and is one among the 20 cities and towns featured in the event.

Hyderabad organises India Heritage Walk Festival 2018

IHWF 2018 is a month-long, multi-city event, introducing people to the tangible and intangible heritage of their cities.

6 Feb 2018 7:41 PM IST

It likely belonged to a woman known as Hetpet, who archaeologists believe was close to ancient Egyptian royals of the 5th Dynasty.

Egypt says 4,400-year-old tomb discovered outside Cairo

The tomb was found in a wider area of Giza's western necropolis, which is known to be home to tombs from the Old...

4 Feb 2018 9:47 AM IST

Scientists find massive Mayan society under Guatemala jungle

Scientists find massive Mayan society under Guatemala jungle

The study estimates that roughly 10 million people may have lived within the Maya Lowlands.

3 Feb 2018 1:48 PM IST

This image provided by the Sharma Centre for Heritage Education, India in January 2018 shows a sample of artifacts from the Middle Palaeolithic era found at the Attirampakkam archaeological site in southern India. The discovery of stone tools at the site shows a style that has been associated elsewhere with our species. They were fashioned from 385,000 years ago to 172,000 years ago, showing evidence of continuity and development over that time. (Photo: AP)

Stone tools in India suggest earlier human exit from Africa

Homo sapiens arose in Africa at least 3,00,000 years ago and left to colonise the globe.

1 Feb 2018 8:05 PM IST

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Ruined Albanian churches could be tourist magnet if repaired: experts

The government and the Orthodox church itself have started restoring some of the structures

1 Feb 2018 12:54 PM IST

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Paris Ritz to auction old furnishings, Hemingway-era bar stools

The hotel has been owned by Egyptian billionaire Mohammed al-Fayed.

1 Feb 2018 12:07 PM IST

Studies indicate that a strong shared interest within a learning group will foster language acquisition. (Photo: Pixabay)

Video games can help learn new language

Simone Bregni, associate professor at Saint Louis University in Spain, started playing video games in 1975 when he was...

22 April 2018 5:46 PM IST

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Israel's Holocaust museum appeals for artifacts as survivors dwindle

Many survivors leave items to the museum in their wills.

13 April 2018 9:58 AM IST

The idea for the initiative came to their mind when their self publishing arm The Write Place started getting a lot of talented young authors who would approach them to publish their books. (Photo: Pixabay)

A kind of madness, not so gentle

It was this book that was displayed and and successfully auctioned at the online auction by StoryLtd.

13 April 2018 1:55 AM IST

This undated microscope photo provided by the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in July 2018 shows part of a wheat grain spikelet found in the stomach of the frozen hunter known as Oetzi the Iceman in Italy. (Photo: AP)

Ancient 'Iceman' shows signs of a well-balanced last meal

Some of the stomach contents of Oetzi the Iceman had traces of fern leaves and spores.

13 July 2018 3:23 PM IST