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Exihibit of Nazca lines mark anniversary of World Heritage site
An outdoor exhibit marking the 25th anniversary of the Nazca Lines as a UN World Heritage site has opened in Lima on Sunday.
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AFGHANISTAN: AFGHAN STATUES: FILE
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An organisation set up to protect Afghanistan's war-ravaged heritage on Tuesday called a Taliban order to destroy all statues, including two towering 5th century statues of Buddha, a "tragedy".
The Society for the...
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UNESCO and Peruvian government workshop on protection of national heritage goods
FILE: Lima - 13 May 2014
1. Various of Peruvian archaeological and historical artefacts recovered from various European countries and returned to Peru
2. Media taking photos and filming artefacts
Lima - 10 November 2014
3. Wide of...
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1000 year old mummies found in central Lima
AP Television
Lima, 20 October 2010
1. Various wide shots of the huaca (temple) Pucllana
2. Medium of mummies inside a tomb
3. Medium of another mummy inside the same tomb, different angle
4. Press photographers taking photographs of...
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Museum learns how to better protect heritage
Bangkok National Museum - 11 August 2005
1. Pull focus of Buddha statues at the base of royal throne
2. Tilt up to royal throne
3. CCTV on ceiling of museum
4. Close of gold royal ornaments behind bars
5. Close of padlock
6. Wide of a...
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Meet Iran's salt mummies
Zanjan, Iran, 9 July 2008
1. Wide exterior of "Zanjan's Anthropology Museum "
2. Tilt-up of salt men in glass containers in museum
3. Pan from skeleton of a discovered salt man
4. Close-up of sign (Farsi & English) stating "Salt...
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COLOMBIA: PREHISTORIC SITES IN DANGER OF BEING WIPED OUT
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Archaeologists in Colombia are worried part of their country's oldest cultural heritage is in danger of being wiped out.
New laws introduced by Colombia's Minister for Culture have failed to protect a series of prehistoric...
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New exhibtion displays ancient artifacts
Tehran - June 26, 2007
1. Wide exterior of Ancient Iran Museum
2. Close-up of sign reading (Farsi) " Ancient Iran Museum , founded 1937"
3. Wide of museum's entrance, girl coming down steps
4. Close-up of a metal basis for an ancient...
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Residents celebrate Irbil Citadel's UNESCO World Heritage status
AP Television
Irbil, Iraq - June 23, 2014
1. Wide Nishtiman Square in Irbil with Irbil Citadel in the background
2. Exterior of Irbil Citadel
3. Pan of Citadel exterior
4. Close of Citadel
5. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Shwan Najad, 23,...
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Opposition in talks to reach deal with ruling party
Ukrainian opposition leaders held talks with the ruling party in Kiev on Monday ahead of a parliamentary session set to take place the following day.
Lawmakers on Tuesday are set to discuss a bill granting amnesty to anti-government...
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Opera house is new battleground for supporters and opponents of Morsi
1. Wide of members of Cairo Opera House protesting outside, chanting: (Arabic) "Failure!", following sacking of head of the opera house
2. Mid of protesters chanting, calling for prime minister and culture minister to step down
3. Mid of...
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Relics from Tibet on show in Beijing
1. Tibetan prayer flags at to entrance of China History Museum
2. Tibetan girls walking with red ribbons
3. Tibetan Autonomous Region vice-governor Nigmacerin cutting the ribbon for opening of exhibition
4. People walking into...
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REPLAY Transylvanians fear EU membership will erode their traditional way of life
village of Viscri, southeast Transylvania, 300 kilometres (186 miles) north of capital Bucharest
1. Lorries passing close to old medieval Saxon monastery with Romania-EU poster in foreground
2. Various of sheep in field
3. SOUNDBITE:...
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UNESCO on destruction of artefacts in Mosul
Paris - 27 February 2015
1. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova arriving at news conference
2. Mid of cameraman
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General:
"I announce today that UNESCO will launch a global coalition...
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Menchu protests against destruction of archaeological site
1. Wide of indigenous people playing drums and Mayan instruments
2. Wide of Tulam Tzu archaeological site
3. Pan from truck to "Monticulo 3" sign in archaeological site
4. Wide of protestors
5. Close-up of Nobel Peace Prize winner...
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Centuries old Jewish tombstones found in Vienna
1. Various of recently unearthed gravestones
2. Close of Hebrew inscription on gravestone
3. Wide of gravestones
4. Wide of Raimund Fastenbauer, Secretary General of the Austrian Israelite Community
5. Mid of Hebrew tapestry, Fastenbauer...
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Sean Penn founded group begins demolition of quake-hit presidential palace
Haiti's once-spectacular National Palace, which became a crumpled symbol of the earthquake that devastated the Caribbean island republic on 12 January, 2010, is to be re-built, the president Michel Martelly announced on...
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AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN ARMY SEIZE KEY CITY OF BAMIYAN CLAIM
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The Taliban army claims it has seized Bamiyan, a key city in central Afghanistan from a northern alliance of opposition forces.
Taliban fighter jets have been pounding Bamiyan as part of an offensive that began on Friday....
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UNESCO Director General slams 'barbaric' destruction of religious sites by IS group
The head of UNESCO has called on the international community to work together to stop the destruction of Iraqi cultural heritage by Islamic militants in Iraq.
Speaking in Baghdad on Sunday, Director General of UNESCO Irina Bokova said...
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SOUTH AFRICA: PRESIDENT MANDELA PLEDGES TO END FEUD
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South African President Nelson Mandela said Wednesday he would do whatever necessary to end bloodshed in the Inkatha-controlled KwaZulu Natal Province - even change the constitution.
His warning came after fighting erupted...
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Unique Hungarian festival to banish winter
February 21, 2012, Mohacs, Hungary
1. Medium of Istvan Burbrek, member of the local Sokac minority arriving into the yard of the minority's cultural centre, where Bushos gather before the start of the festival.
2. Close of a man...
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Renovations to preserve Tbilisi''s architectural heritage
AP Television
Tbilisi, Georgia, 10 February 2010
1. Wide pan of old Tbilisi houses in ruins
2. Mid of old Tbilisi balcony
3. Wide of damaged house with church in background
4. Wide of damaged house, with rescue worker in foreground...
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Dozens of people lined up to get their pets blessed on Friday in Mexico City in celebration of Saint Anthony of Abad, the patron saint of domestic animals.
Dozens of people lined up to get their pets blessed on Friday in Mexico City in celebration of Saint Anthony of Abad, the patron saint of domestic animals.
A Roman Catholic priest at the Saint Fernando church blessed the animals.
The...
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FEATURE Changing Face of China AP on Uighurs in Xinjiang Province
Hotan, Xinjiang - 26 May, 2008
1. Wide of desert and sand dunes
2. Close up of green and white flags, to symbolise the colours of Islam
3. Mid of Uighur men praying in desert
4. Close up of Koran
5. Mid of man praying outside rudimentary...