CAIRO: On the occasion of the launch of her photographic exhibition and book named ‘DUST’, Swedish photographer Xenia Niokolsaya will participate to a symposium on May 12th at Rawabet Theatre on Egypt’s abandoned architectural heritage, during which she will present her recently published book. Together with historians, architects, artists and theorists, the panelists will discuss [...]
Mumbai: An Indian court advised married women to emulate the virtuous and obedient mythological goddess Sita, while hearing a divorce petition where the husband had filed for divorce because his wife was not willing to relocate with him. In India’s mythological epic Ramayana written by Sage Valmiki, Goddess Sita, wife of Indian deity Ram, follows [...]
NEW DELHI: The cold turf of the Indian conflict-ridden state of Kashmir finally appears to be thawing. The picturesque Nagin valley, a stone’s throw away from the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan in the conflict-ridden Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir has been thrown open to tourists, after more than two decades [...]
A report by Egypt’s Tahrir Doctors confirmed two people are dead from gun shots in the latest attack on the protesters outside Ein Shams University in Cairo, early on Wednesday. They said that the closeby hospitals that would normally receive the injured were closed, which resulted in the worsening of some of the urgent cases. [...]
New Delhi: After Haridwar, a town located on the banks of the holy Ganges considered the mecca of Hindus in India, a less-known pilgrim town of Palitana, in the western Indian state of Gujarat has taken eggs and meat off the table. Ruled by the Hindu right wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Palitana municipal [...]
New Delhi: British royal Prince Andrew, the Duke of York will visit a World War II cemetery in north eastern Indian state of Nagaland, which is home to the graves of over a 1000 soldiers of both British and Indian, who halted the [...]
New Delhi: Civil society outrage has forced the President of India to abandon her plans of building a post-retirement bungalow, which was being constructed after demolishing two heritage colonial bungalows in a designated army area in Pune, in central India. A presidential spokesperson has said that Pratibha Patil, India’s first woman president had decided to [...]
Goa: Foreign land mafias are usurping and exploiting scarce land resources in the beach paradise of Goa and triggering a “social and economic chaos”, the Western India state’s only representative in the House of Elders said on Friday. Congress MP Shantaram Naik, who Friday tabled a private member’s bill in parliament seeking special provisions for [...]
New Delhi: The auction of Father of India Mahatma Gandhi’s belongings in England has triggered rumbles of discontent within the ruling Indian political establishment. A senior minister in the federal United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has expressed surprise at the government’s silence over what he called the ‘unfortunate’ sale of Gandhi’s precious belongings. “So far [...]
CAIRO: Egypt’s ministry of state for antiquities managed to restore 80 relics smuggled out of Egypt and taken to Belgium, after a court ruling in Brussels ordered the return of the relics to Egypt. Belgian authorities had seized the 80 artifacts at the Brussels Airport in April 2010, the state-run MENA news agency reported on [...]
Johannesburg (dpa) – Tech company Google has teamed up with South Africa’s Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory (NMCM) to create an online archive of photos and documents pertaining to the anti-Apartheid icon, according to an announcement on Tuesday. The free archive is divided into the various eras in the life of Mandela, who after 27 [...]
CAIRO: To preserve and provide access to centuries of Egyptian and Middle East history, The American University in Cairo recently launched the Rare Books and Special Collections Digital Library (RBSCDL). After the recent fire at L’Institut d’Egypte, a crude reminder of the ultimate fragility of rare books and manuscripts, the RBSCDL has been doing its [...]
Yangon (dpa) – Myanmar’s government has asked a team of experts to devise a conservation plan for the architectural treasures of Yangon by mid-year, media reports said Sunday. The opportunity to save some of Yangon’s colonial-era buildings and urban environment was given by President Thein Sein, the Myanmar Times reported. Thant Myint-O, the author of [...]
At least 10 people were killed in Egypt when soil caved in on them as they were attempting to illegally extract ancient artifacts in the country, the ministry of antiquities confirmed to Bikyamasr.com on Monday afternoon. According to the ministry, the men were digging near the Central Egyptian village of Arab al-Manasra, north of the [...]
Phnom Penh (dpa) – The Cambodian government said Wednesday the decision by a Hindu trust to build a full-scale replica in India of the Angkor Wat temple was “a shameful act.” Government spokesman Phay Siphan said imitating Cambodia’s best-known structure and key tourist drawcard was a deliberate attempt to undermine its “universal value.” “Angkor Wat [...]
Dublin (dpa) – Thieves have stolen the preserved heart of the patron saint of Dublin, the latest in a spate of thefts of holy relics in Ireland. Police said the theft occurred early Saturday at the capital’s Christ Church cathedral. The preserved heart of Saint Laurence O’Toole was stored in a wooden heart-shaped container, within [...]
It is said that the numbers of the once prominent Jewish community in Yemen are dwindling fast, especially after the revolution during which a number of Jews had to flee from hostility in the northern province of Sa’ada. The number of Jews left in the country isn’t known with precision, but government sources estimate it [...]
CAIRO: A British man and his wife were arrested at Luxor airport suspected of attempting to smuggle some 20 artifacts out of Egypt, police confirmed to Bikyamasr.com on Monday morning. They added that they stopped the couple before they were able to leave the country. According to the police officials, the British couple were attempting [...]
CAIRO: A British man and his wife attempted to smuggle some 20 artifacts out of Egypt, police confirmed to Bikyamasr.com on Monday morning. They added that they stopped the couple before they were able to leave the country. According to the police officials, the British couple were attempting to leave Luxor International Airport on Sunday, [...]
CAIRO: Egypt’s Minister of Antiquities Mohammed Ibrahim reported that Egypt had restored some 6,000 artifacts from Israel, adding that the ministry is currently negotiating to retrieve many other relics from Belgium, France and the United States. The minister said in a statement before the Parliamentary Committee of Culture, Media and Tourism, which is chaired by [...]
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