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A ‘Byrd’ singing disco of our time
By Chitra Kalyani Since marketing his first single when he was 15, electronic…
Pirate radio airs dreams amid tear gas and fear
As tear gas fired by riot police lands inside their Syntagma Square…
SODIC Art Symposium: First attempt at public art
With his distinctive light blue eyes and soft demeanor, famed Egyptian sculptor…
French Egyptologist who saved Nubian temples dies
PARIS: French Egyptologist Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, known for her books on art and…
Large inscribed limestone blocks unearthed
CAIRO: French archaeologists have unearthed hundreds of 3,000-year-old colored limestone blocks believed…
Impressions in an Arab mirror
By Chitra Kalyani Phillipe Vincent pinches bits of air around the table when…
Egypt to restore ancient boat found near pyramid
CAIRO: Archaeologists have begun excavating a 4,500-year-old wooden boat found next to…
THE REEL ESTATE: A fateful journey into the dark soul of Russia
What is the Russian soul? That is the questions great novelist Fyodor…
Serbia’s icon-painting nuns combine religion and art
On the wooded slopes of southwestern Serbia's Golija mountain, a dozen nuns…