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Tracing a golden thread from North Africa to the Far East
The didactic opening rooms of the exhibition are dominated by an impressive display of huge gold nuggets, the starting point ...
Qatari royal loses UK lawsuit over 'Idol's Eye' diamond
A cousin of Qatar's ruler lost his fight at London's High Court on Thursday against another branch of the Gulf nation's royal family over a 17th century diamond worth millions.
Why there’s a huge collection of vintage cars stored in the middle of the desert
A vast and eccentric collection of everything from vintage Rolls-Royces to an entire house relocated from Syria, the Sheikh ...
Missing ancient manuscripts written by famous mathematician discovered by scientists
Lost manuscripts written by the famous Greek mathematician Apollonius of Perga were discovered in the Netherlands. The ...
Map wars in the Middle East: How cartographers charted and helped shape a regional conflict
Maps are ubiquitous—on phones, in-flight and car displays, and in textbooks the world over. While some maps delineate and ...
No exaggeration: Scientists rediscover lost works of Apollonius in a 17th-century manuscript
The manuscript had been forgotten in the library, part of a collection acquired by Dutch Orientalist and mathematician Jacob ...
History Suggests That Addressing Kurdish Demands Is Essential to Peace in the Middle East
The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
Scientists review Arabic manuscript containing lost works of Apollonius and shed light on Islamic scientific tradition
Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...
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Harriman Middle School opens 25-year-old time capsule, bringing turn-of-the-century class back together
HARRIMAN, Tenn. — Most middle school students may not think about how their lives could change over the course of 25 years. But as the clock ticked closer to New Year's Day in 1999, the future ...
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In Altadena, where many Black families became homeowners, displaced residents grapple with grief and uncertainty
This contributed to a "white flight" from the area as one of L.A. County’s first middle-class communities to include Black people emerged: The Meadows neighborhood. The area is on the western ...