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  • The Apartments

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  • Heritage: Egypt moves to protect Islamic heritage sites

    Egypt has formed a ministerial committee charged with developing a strategy to safeguard the country’s Islamic heritage by reinvigorating faltering projects.The Sultan Hassan Mosque and madrasa (school) is considered stylistically the most compact and unified of all Cairo's monuments [Credit: Flickr.com/desktopio]“The committee ha…

  • East Asia: Qing Dynasty throne fetches $5.15 mln at auction

    A throne belonging to Emperor Qianlong during the Qing Dynasty in the 1700's has sold for 5.15 million US dollars at auction. The sale took place in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province.A visitor looks at a throne of Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) during an auction preview in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, Jan 7, 2015. The se…