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Who can lay claim to Rumi, the Sufi mystic who is one of the world’s most beloved poets? A bid by Iran and Turkey...
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It took Mongolian nomad Pagvajaviin Shatarbaatar seven days to get to his polling station to vote in Wednesday’s general election — accompanied by more...
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It was the language of China’s last imperial dynasty which ruled a vast kingdom for nearly three centuries. But 71-year-old Ji Jinlu is among...
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Unprecedented new details of medieval cities hidden under jungle in Cambodia near Angkor Wat have been revealed using lasers, archaeologists said Sunday, shedding new...
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Athens is to store away dozens of outdoor sculptures after five brass busts went missing last month and a marble statue was vandalised, officials...
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A popular Iranian actress has found herself at the centre of a dispute over feminism in the Islamic republic after cameras appeared to capture...
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A ballet dancer who masterminded an acid attack on the Bolshoi’s artistic director has been released on parole after demonstrating “exemplary behaviour” in prison,...
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As Iranian films and actors compete this weekend at Cannes attention is turning toward the country’s thriving independent cinema sector which is succeeding despite...
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Frescoed barracks which once housed the cavalry of the Emperor Hadrian’s bodyguard have returned to light 19 centuries on, during excavations for a new...
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British archaeologists raised the curtain Thursday on a 16th century theatre which staged William Shakespeare plays like “Romeo and Juliet” and where the bard...