Giant Buddha statue discovered in Bamiyan, Afghanistan

During the short tenure of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, all the important non muslim religious structures were demolished. They even blew up two giant standing Buddha statues on the ground that they were offensive to Islam. Now Archaelogists have found another giant Buddha...

BP ups stakes by accusing Putin of failing to stop hijack by oligarchs

"BP has upped the stakes in its battle for control of its Russian joint venture, by accusing Vladimir Putin of damaging his country's reputation through failing to intervene in the escalating dispute.John Sutherland, the BP chairman, used a press conference in Stockholm to...

Museum on target thanks to helpers

"A NEW museum will be fully open for the public to visit by the end of next month. Wellingborough Museum, Northamptonshire, UK,  only moved into its new site in Castle Way in May and is yet to open the main display area. However, the whole building should be functional...

Yale to return Peruvian artefacts

"Yale University has agreed to return to Peru thousands of Inca relics that were excavated at Machu Picchu from 1911-15 by a history professor, Hiram Bingham. Peru demanded the artefacts back last year, saying it agreed to their removal on condition they would be...

10 million Chinese cultural Relics Have Been Lost Overseas

"Chinese experts estimated that more than 10 million Chinese cultural relics have been lost overseas, Monday's overseas edition of the People's Daily reported. 　　 　　Most of the cultural relics were robbed and illegally shipped out of China during the war times before...

5 years later, WTC mail keeps coming

"It's the kind of holiday mail that might have been tossed aside, discarded like any other piece of junk mail: a special offer for a facial at a local spa. Only the address on the letter no longer exists. And the woman the letter is addressed to died more than five years ago...

Famed 'Lucy' Fossil to Tour U.S. for 6 Years

From The Washington Post: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - One of the world's most famous fossils - the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 - will go on display for the first time in the United States next year, and is likely to make a stop at the...