ISTANBUL, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Istanbul's Topkapi Palace will open a new museum later this year featuring the "world's most extensive porcelain collection," with rare Chinese ceramics from the Yuan and ...

The pale blue stone has passed through the hands of royals, art collectors, sultans and aristocracy – but who does it belong to now?

A “foot in mouth” award is presented each year by the Plain English Campaign in the UK for the best baffling comment by a ...

While arranging the books in my father’s library, I came across a novel that I was gifted a long time back and totally forgot about. It was ...

The popular belief that European astronomy from the late Middle Ages and early Modern Age was more advanced than that of ...

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