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LONDON: Visitors have flocked to the British Museum to see the Bayeux Tapestry, describing the experience as magical and remarkable. The 1,000-year-old embroidery, depicting the Norman conquest of England, is being displayed in London for the first time since the 11th century. The exhibition has sold out, sparking widespread public interest and a Bayeux-themed craze across Britain. Read More…
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Iran Culture Ministry has said that US-Israeli strikes have caused "serious structural damage" to at least 56 cultural sites, including museums and historic monuments, reported Al Jazeera. In a statement carried by the ISNA news agency, the ministry also said Tehran province tops the list, with 19 damaged monuments. It added that 12 prominent monuments have also been damaged in Iran’s Kurdistan province. Read More…
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The suspect, Elias Rodriguez, accused of gunning down two Israeli embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington was charged with murder, as international tensions over anti-Semitism erupted over the attack. Elias Rodriguez, 31, shouted “Free Palestine” as he was taken away by police after the shooting late Wednesday outside the Capital Jewish Museum, prosecutors said in a court document. “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza,” he told the officers. The Chicago man made an initial court appearance Thursday after being charged with two counts of… Read More…
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The Punjab government has taken a major step to combat the hazardous smog conditions in the province by shutting down amusement parks and museums for 10 days, from November 8 to 17. As per details, the districts affected by this ban include Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Nankana Sahib, Gujarat, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin, Sialkot, Narowal, Chiniot, Jhang, and Toba Tek Singh. Additionally, Lodhran, Vehari, and Khanewal districts are also under the smog-related restrictions. Read More…
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An armed man was shot dead by German police on Thursday after opening fire near an Israeli consulate in Munich. The man fired several shots in an area that also includes a museum in a former Nazi headquarters, police said. No other injuries were reported. The gunfire occurred 52 years to the day since Israeli athletes were taken hostage during the Munich 1972 Olympics. Detectives were probing the significance of the timing and location. Read More…
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Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday asserted that a high-level delegation of Saudi Arabia will visit Pakistan soon as he laid foundation stone of the Seerat Museum. The statement came days after PM Sharif’s recent visit to the Kingdom, wherein the former and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman agreed to expedite the first wave of a planned $5 billion investment package for Pakistan. Read More…
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The British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum will give back gold and silver artefacts looted during colonial times from Ghana's Asante royal court, the museums and the palace said. The Ghana agreement for a long-term loan of the items comes as international momentum grows for museums and institutions to restore African artefacts from former colonial powers Britain, France, Germany and Belgium. Read More…
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Over the next 10 days, thousands of visitors will walk past the sarcophagus of the 13th-century Muslim Sufi saint and philosopher Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi at the Mevlana Museum in Konya, Türkiye, bowing their heads in reverence to the man whose preachings and verses are now part of global popular culture, inspiring millions of people across nations. International commemoration events for the 750th passing anniversary of one of the greatest mystics in Islamic world, Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi are ongoing. Read More…
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A famed Paris museum said it would on Wednesday reinstall a waxwork of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson with a more true-to-life look after it was taken off public show for additional work when the US actor complained about its pale skin tone. Johnson, who is of Samoan and black origin, took to Instagram this weekend to joke about the Grevin Museum’s wax figure, which appeared to depict him with white skin and bears only a vague likeness to his features. Read More…
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France was on high alert as thousands of troops were deployed on the streets after the fatal stabbing of a teacher and the Louvre museum was evacuated following a security threat. The attack took place at a high school in the northeastern town of Arras, home to large Jewish and Muslim populations. Moreover, amid fears that the conflict between Israel and Hamas could lead to violence in foreign capitals, France announced it would deploy up to 7,000 soldiers under the highest warning level. Read More…
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