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Maybe they should have said “Pardonu, li ne estas fama sufiĉa” — which is of course Esperanto for “Sorry, he’s not famous enough”. The...
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From a humble smiley face with a box mouth and inverted “V’s” for eyes, crude weather symbols, and a rudimentary heart — emoji have...
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Rio de Janeiro, nicknamed the Marvelous City, officially entered the UN’s list of world heritage sites Tuesday in recognition of its soaring granite cliffs,...
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Some drug lords take their ostentatious lifestyle literally to the grave: a cemetery in Mexico is blooming with two-story tombs fitted with living rooms,...
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India’s only surviving opera house has been restored to its colonial-era glory, reopening to the public more than two decades after it closed in...
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The last of four boys who discovered the Lascaux cave paintings, a stunning display of prehistoric art in southwest France, will visit a new...
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Sculptor Helen Marten won the Turner Prize, at a London ceremony where the art world rallied against xenophobia and intolerance. The prize is awarded...
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Nestled in a labyrinth of streets in the heart of Morocco’s ancient city of Fez, stands the world’s oldest working library. Its sculpted dark...
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For centuries they stood, two monumental ancient statues of Buddha carved into the cliffs of Bamiyan, loved and revered by generations of Afghans —...
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The complete score of Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony was sold in London for £4.5 million on Tuesday, a record for a musical manuscript, Sotheby’s...