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Rare dinosaur skeleton sells for $30 million at 'Geek Week' auction

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on Wednesday, while a juvenile dinosaur skeleton went for more than $30 million.

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How the Berlin Conference spurred the colonization of Africa

On November 15, 1884, European imperialists gathered in Berlin to start dividing up Africa between them. What impact has one of history's biggest land grabs had on the continent?

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UNESCO inscribes 26 new sites on World Heritage list

Five culturally and historically significant sites on the African continent have made the list. They include Maputo National Park in Mozambique and the Gola-Tiwai Complex in Sierra Leone.

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Sierra Leone’s Tiwai Reserve joins UNESCO World Heritage list

In Sierra Leone, the Tiwai Reserve and the Gola Rainforest National Park, known for their primates, have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage list. This marks the first time a site from this West African country has received such reco...

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France celebrates Bastille Day with annual military parade in Paris

Bastille Day is France's biggest holiday, celebrated annually on 14 July to commemorate the Storming of the Bastille in 1789 that sparked the French Revolution.

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Prehistoric paradise hiding just outside Chicago

Near a riverbank in central Illinois, amateur paleontologists swing picks and shovels as they sift through the fossilized remains of a vanished world some 309 million years old.

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Dinosaur skeleton, Martian meteorite to go under the hammer

If you have a few million dollars to spare, this baby ceratosaurus could be yours. It’s going under the hammer on Wednesday at Sotheby’s in New York, alongside a chunk of the planet Mars.

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Ancient Peru city opens to the public after years of excavation

After eight years of excavation, one of the oldest cities in the western hemisphere has finally been opened to the public. Archaeologists say around 3,000 years ago Penico was a thriving urban hub, in what is now northern Peru.

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Fact-checking Italian Foreign Minister's interpretation of the EU flag

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has described the European flag as symbolising Europe’s 'Judeo-Christian roots', triggering controversy.

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Saint Sophia: Ukraine’s medieval marvel caught in Russia’s war

Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, a UNESCO World Heritage site, faces new threats as Russia's war in Ukraine continues. The 11th-century masterpiece, built to rival Constantinople's Hagia Sofia, has already suffered damage from a Russian a...

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Medieval Hungarian library battles beetle infection to save treasures

The abbey at Pannonhalma was founded in 996, four years before the establishment of the Hungarian Kingdom. Sitting upon a tall hill in northwestern Hungary, the abbey houses the country's oldest collection of books, as well as many of it...

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Bavarian fairy tale castles among new UNESCO World Heritage sites

UNESCO has reviewed the applications of several new World Heritage sites, adding the Carnac Megaliths in France, the Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and the Minoan Palatial Centres in Crete, Greece to the list.

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Candy Land, the game that still hits a sweet spot

For the last 75 years, generations have taken turns weaving through a rainbow road, surrounded by all things candy. Correspondent Faith Salie looks at the enduring appeal of Candy Land, and talks with authors Sandra A. Miller and Margare...

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France's Carnac stones vie for UNESCO world heritage list spot

France is hoping to make the UNESCO world heritage list this year with the Carnac stones located in Brittany, its northwesternmost region. The current world heritage list contains 1,223 cultural, natural or mixed sites.

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UNESCO begins process to add new World Heritage sites

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has started the process of selecting new sites to add to its prestigious list. Over several days, 32 member countries are proposing sites and monuments they hope will earn the coveted label.

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Families gather in Bosnia to remember Srebrenica genocide victims

People in Bosnia and Herzegovina are gathering to honour the memory of thousands of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. Bosnian Serb forces attacked a UN-protected enclave, killing more than 8,300 mostly Muslim men and boys in a few...

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Descendants of enslaved Africans find connection in Ghana

Northern Ghana was historically a center for the trade of human lives: captives from northern communities like Nok, now part of Togo, were taken to slave markets.

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Berlin's 19th-century buildings crammed with culture

The UN cultural and education agency is set to decide whether to award World Heritage status to 30 sites around the globe. Three of the sites that already have the coveted status are in the German capital Berlin.

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Thousands gather to mark 30th anniversary of genocide in Srebrenica

More than 8,000 Bosniak boys and men were executed by Bosnian Serb forces in July 1995, towards the end of the Bosnian War, in what is the only recognized genocide in Europe since the Holocaust.

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Srebrenica genocide: Families torn by mass killings still healing

30 years after the Srebrenica massacre, the pain remains. A survivor shares how she lost her husband and how her baby was saved during one of Europe's worst genocides. Despite international recognition, denial continues.

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Researcher unearths remains of atomic bomb victims from mass graves

A university researcher has been painstakingly recovering the remains of atomic bomb victims on the island of Ninoshima. CNN’s Hanako Montgomery has the story.

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France to loan iconic Bayeux tapestry to London's British Museum

The 11th century Bayeux Tapestry will return to Britain for the first time in almost 1,000 years, when it goes on display at London's British Museum in September 2026.

France 24

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In Hiroshima, search for remains keeps war alive for lone volunteer

Dozens of times a year, Rebun Kayo takes a ferry to a small island across from the port of Hiroshima in search of the remains of those killed by the atomic bomb 80 years ago.

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French parliament votes to return sacred "talking drum" to Ivory Coast

The sacred wooden instrument has been kept in the quai Branly Museum in Paris for the past years, where it was restored while waiting for the transfer to its country of origin.

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Archaeologists in Peru unveil 3,500-year-old city

Archaeologists on Thursday unveiled a 3,500-year-old city in Peru that likely served as a trading hub linking Pacific coast cultures with those in the Andes and Amazon, flourishing around the same time as early civilizations in the Middl...

France 24

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Smithsonian racing to save rare audio stored on cassette tapes

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., is working to digitize thousands of rare cassette recordings, including audio from early space missions, that are in danger of being lost. Scott MacFarlane reports.

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A museum that truly cuts the mustard

In 1991, Barry Levenson quit his job as an assistant attorney general in Wisconsin to follow his true passion: mustard. Founder of the National Mustard Museum, in Middleton, Wis., Levenson's collection of mustards has grown to more than ...

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Emulsifying the truth behind mayonnaise

Eggs, oil and vinegar come together to form a contested condiment: Mayonnaise, long thought to have been improvised by an 18th century French military chef who was short on cream. But some believe mayo dates back to the Spain of antiquity.

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Ketchup's sweet and sour history

There's a lot you don't know about that most popular of condiments, ketchup - its origin, its manufacture, and (as correspondent Luke Burbank finds out) why some people who spot a ketchup bottle see red.

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Looking ahead to America's 250th birthday celebration in Philadelphia

As Fourth of July celebrations wind down for 2025, Philadelphia is already gearing up for next year's party, commemorating America's 250th birthday.

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