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Near East: ISIS smashes priceless Palmyra artefacts
The Islamic State released photos showing the destruction of six priceless artifacts from the ancient city of Palmyra. The photos show jihadis taking a sledgehammer and smashing the historic treasures, including one dating from the second century.Jihadis took sledgehammers to the relics, smashed them to pieces and then lashed the …
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Near East: UNESCO to monitor ancient sites by satellite
The United Nations agency UNESCO will use more monitoring by satellites to protect threatened ancient archeological sites, it announced.Satellite photo of ancient Palmyra [Credit: © UNESCO]UNESCO and UNITAR-UNOSAT (United Nations Institute for Training and Research- United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Program) signed…
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Environment: Not so crowded house? New findings on global species richness
Planet Earth may contain millions fewer species than previously thought and estimates are converging, according to research led by Griffith University.The study estimates there are 16 million fewer types of beetles (examples pictured at the Natural History Museum) and 30 million fewer types of terrestrial arthropods than calculate…
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