Culture

Rumi site becomes Turkey’s 3rd-most popular museum

By Erdogan Cagatay Zontur Museum in central Anatolia tells about Mevlana Rumi, famed 13th-century Muslim mystic poet. Photo courtesy of…

India, Pakistan Hold Talks On Sikh Pilgrimage Corridor

NEW DELHI, India, July 15 (NNN-PTI) – Indian and Pakistani officials held the second round of talks Sunday, on the…

Archaeologists Discover 3,000-Year-Old Philistine Town In Southern Israel

JERUSALEM, July 9 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli and Australian archaeology researchers discovered, in the south of Israel, the ancient Philistine town…

India’s Jaipur Named As World Heritage Site By UNESCO

NEW DELHI, India, July 7 (NNN-PTI) – Jaipur, known as the pink city of India, was declared as a world…

Iraqi Leaders Hail UNESCO’s Decision To Re-Inscribe Babylon On World Heritage List

BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 6 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi leaders hailed the decision by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation…

War On Syria Targets Cultural Heritage: Minister

DAMASCUS, Syria, July 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Culture Minister, Mohammad al-Ahmad, said, the “foreign-backed war” waged on Syria, not only targeted…

World Heritage Committee to consider three sites in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand, July 1 (NNN-TNA) – The Thai Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP), on Sunday,…

India Proposes Meeting With Pakistan On Kartarpur Corridor

NEW DELHI, India, July 1 (NNN-PTI) – India has proposed a meeting with Pakistan, in the second week of July,…

Eye-In-The-Sky Satellites To Help Protect Scotland’s Historic Cultural Sites

LONDON, June 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Space-age technology is to be used for the first time, to help protect Scotland’s centuries-old…

Aussie Supplier Fined 1.6 Million USD For Selling Fake Aboriginal Art

SYDNEY, Australia, June 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian indigenous art supplier, Birubi Art, has been fined 1.6 million U.S. dollars, for…