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DateTitle 2023-05-31 Megalodon tooth necklace spotted in digital scan of Titanic wreck 2023-05-29 Ancient tombs and large mummification workshops unearthed in Egypt 2023-05-24 Last Chinese emperor's ...
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Two abandoned Soviet space shuttles left in the Kazakh steppe

A Soviet-era Buran shuttle lies abandoned in a hangar at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It's been gathering dust here for nearly 30 years. French photographer David de Rueda has visited the ...
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A short history of the elevator

The first passenger elevator got off to a slow start. Installed in 1857 at the Haughwout Department Store in New York, it was shut down after just three years because customers refused to accept it.
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Balenciaga apologizes for ads featuring children holding bondage bears

Luxury fashion house Balenciaga has apologized for featuring children cuddling teddy bears dressed in bondage gear in its latest advertising campaign. Shot by photographer Gabriele Galimberti, images ...
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A photographic history of men in love

When Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell came across an old photograph at an antique store in Dallas, Texas, they saw something of themselves reflected in the image. Taken around 1920, it showed two men in ...
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The story behind the world’s most famous photograph

Three decades ago, Steve McCurry took arguably the most iconic picture of all time. Yet even after all this time, the pre-eminent photographer brims with enthusiasm when he talks about “Afghan Girl.” ...
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Inside the world’s quietest room

If you stand in it for long enough, you start to hear your heartbeat. A ringing in your ears becomes deafening. When you move, your bones make a grinding noise. Eventually you lose your balance, ...
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Archaeologists may have found Egypt’s oldest mummy

Archeologists have uncovered what may be the oldest mummy ever found in Egypt. The 4,300-year-old mummy was a rich, important 35-year-old man called Djed Sepsh, archaeologist Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s ...
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‘Highly important’ Chinese bowl fetches over $25 million at auction

A delicate porcelain bowl, measuring under 4.5 inches in diameter, sold for more than $25 million during a bumper week of Chinese art sales in Hong Kong. Described by auction house Sotheby’s as ...
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Why won’t the CIA reveal what’s in its art collection?

"Fold III" by Thomas Downing: one of the works uncovered among the CIA's art collection by artist Joby Barron. Her quest to uncover the CIA's art collection evolved into an exhibition that lays bare ...
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‘When can I have one?’: The world’s largest 3D printer is building cozy homes from wood

Dozens of 3D-printed homes have been built across the world – to house a family in the US state of Virginia or members of an impoverished community in rural Mexico. The world’s largest 3D-printed ...
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12 famous buildings in India: From ancient wonders to modern marvels

From the Sikhs’ Golden Temple to the Victoria Memorial, these are the stories behind 12 famous buildings in architecturally rich India.