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USA: ARCHIMEDES MANUSCRIPT AUCTIONED AT CHRISTIE'S
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A one-thousand year-old parchment copy of notes written by the Greek mathematical genius Archimedes has sold for two million U-S dollars in New York.
But the sale at Christies auction house wasn't without controversy.
Greek...
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Calls to protect heritage site spoilt by vandals and rubbish
LIBYA MONUMENTS SOURCE: AP TELEVISIONRESTRICTIONS: MIDDLE EAST EXTRA CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 3:47SHOTLISTAP TelevisionShahat, Libya - 2 April 20151. Mid of sign in front of Cyrene ancient city site entrance reading: (Arabic) "Dear visitor,...
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Peru's ruins feel the squeeze of urbanization
Thousands of the historic sites in Lima, Peru, are being crowded out - and sometimes destroyed - as new roads, sports stadiums, universities and neighborhoods are built to meet the population's growing demands.
A small...
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US linguist helps document endangered language
1. Wide of mountain where town is located
2. Mid of house in the town
3. Ixcateco speaker, walking with linguist and assistant
4. Mid shot of old Ixcateco speaking man
5. SOUNDBITE: (Ixcateco) Pedro Salazar Gutierrez, Ixcateco...
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Bokova presents World Heritage certificate for ancient citadel of Irbil
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, visited the Northern Kurdish region of Iraq on Sunday to present a certificate of World Heritage for the Irbil Citadel to Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani.
The Citadel was listed on...
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Inside Kew's restored Victorian glasshouse
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After being gutted in a thirty million pound restoration project, the Temperate House at London's world famous botanic gardens at Kew has reopened.
The grade one listed Victorian building had fallen...
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Peru's ruins feel the squeeze of urbanization
Thousands of the historic sites in Lima, Peru, are being crowded out - and sometimes destroyed - as new roads, sports stadiums, universities and neighborhoods are built to meet the population's growing demands.
A small...
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Egypt - Pyramids' Protected Status Threatened
The Great Pyramids of Giza have weathered 46 centuries--46
centuries of wars, earthquakes, floods, and dust storms. But the
47th century could be the one that does for the Great Pyramids.
The pyramids are in the pathway of man-made...
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Explosion of colour and music at annual Buddhist festival
It's a tradition which has endured for centuries - symbolising the victory of good over evil.
Sikkim, which sits at the bottom of Mount Kanchenjunga, the world's third tallest mountain, is home to some two hundred Buddhist monasteries -...
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Race to restore valuable historical books and digitise them for online
At the start of the 20th century, an urgent call went out across the Middle East from Arab leaders in Jerusalem: send us your books so that we may protect them for generations to come.
Now, 90 years later, the al-Aqsa mosque library is...
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Mexico's oldest distilled spirit enjoys revival
After hundreds of years in semi-oblivion, Mexico's oldest distilled spirit is finally coming of age.
Mezcal is a potent drink made from the agave plant and is becoming a tipple of choice among young people.
Serving up a shot of...
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Obama attends memorial service for Navy Yard shooting victims
US President Barack Obama on Sunday memorialised the victims of the Washington Navy Yard shooting by calling for a transformation in the nation's gun laws to address an epidemic of gun violence.
Reprising his role of the nation's...
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INDIA: BIKANER JAIL INMATES ENCOURAGED TO PRACTISE CARPET WEAVING
Hindi/Nat
Indian jails are well known throughout Asia for their tough conditions.
But one jail in the desert state of Rajasthan has redefined the concept of hard labour.
In Bikaner jail, inmates are encouraged to practise carpet...
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Picturesque wine making region savours new UNESCO status
In the northern Italian region of Piedmont, wine tasting has never been so cultured.
Their vineyards have recently been awarded World Heritage status by UNESCO.
That now means it's up to its inhabitants to protect the landscape and...
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Satellite project to help protect Hadrian's villa
LEAD IN:Experts are using satellite imagery to monitor the effects of modern life on Hadrian's Villa - one of the most impressive imperial residences of the Roman era.Located near Rome, the UNESCO World Heritage site boasts impressive...
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Traditional puppets recognised by UN +REPLAY+
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4068330LEAD IN UNESCO officials meeting in Ethiopia have added traditional puppetry to UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Czech Republic and Slovakia united to propose that the...
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UNESCO may remove Georgian cathedral from World Heritage List ++REPLAY++
+++REPLAY+++GEORGIA UNESCOSOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS/ Imedi TV /Rustavi 2 RESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLY/ Imedi TV - No Access Georgia/ Rustavi 2 - No Access GeorgiaLENGTH: 6:46 SHOTLIST:ASSOCIATED PRESS Bagrati Cathedral, Kutaisi, Georgia...
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Bauhaus Buildings May Become UNESCO Sites
LEADIN: The Bauhaus school of architecture revolutionized architectural and aesthetic concepts and practices between 1919 and 1933. Some Bauhaus buildings, in the eastern German cities of Dessau and Weimar, were inscribed on the UNESCO...
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Ancient biblical site to be opened to visitors
AP Television
Nablus, West Bank - July 19, 2011
1. Wide of Tell Balata archaeological site at the ancient city of Shekhem
2. Pan right across map of ancient city
3. Wide of Dutch and Palestinian archaeologists working at site
4. Mid of...