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British Museum recovers 2,000 stolen treasures

British Museum

The British Museum has announced that around 2,000 treasures are missing. Some of the items have been recovered, but many are still missing. A museum employee has been dismissed, and the museum’s director has resigned. Roughly 2,000 treasures believed to have been taken from the British Museum were mentioned by chairman George Osborne, who also … Read more

Police recovers stolen jewelry worth $119m after heist

Dresden museum

Authorities secured 31 artefacts overnight in Berlin. six men on trial helped recovering jewelry. The returned objects will now be evaluated by experts. Several 18th-century artefacts stolen from a Dresden museum during a €113 million (£98 million; $119 million) heist in 2019 have reportedly been found, according to German authorities. Authorities secured 31 artefacts overnight … Read more

New suspect detained in German museum jewel heist

German

German police on Tuesday,  apprehended a seventh suspect in the spectacular 2019 robbery of priceless 18th-century jewels at a state museum, who was attending the heist’s ongoing trial. Police and prosecutors in the eastern city of Dresden said the suspect, identified only as Jihad R., was detained by police at the city’s regional court, where … Read more

A 71-year-old time capsule is discovered, Inside a Kansas courtroom

Kansas officials disclosed the contents of a time capsule unearthed during the recent demolition of the historic Johnson County Courthouse building in Olathe, just outside of Kansas City, this week. According to Fox4KC, the copper box, which was X-rayed at a local art museum before being opened with a crowbar, was discovered inside a wall … Read more

Katie Holmes’ new relationship with musician Bobby Wooten III has been confirmed

Katie Holmes

Katie Holmes, an American actress, sparked dating rumours after she was seen packing on the PDA with musician Bobby Wooten III. The Dawson’s Creek actress confirmed her new romance with the Grammy-nominated singer after the two were spotted strolling through New York City on Thursday. They were also clicked as they walked hand in hand … Read more

UAE launches AED100 million ‘Arab genius project’

UAE

ABU DHABI: Ruler of Dubai, vice president and prime minister of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has launched the AED100 million “Arab genius project”, Khaleej Times reported. The Dubai Ruler has used his 16th Accession Day anniversary to launch the project that will search for 1,000 Arab pioneers in different fields. Sheikh Mohammed said … Read more

Saudi Crown Prince launches $19.99 billion Jeddah central project

Saudi Crown Prince

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has launched the plan and main features of the Jeddah Central Project, previously known as New Jeddah Downtown, with total investments of 75 billion riyal ($19.99 billion), SPA reported on Friday. “The ambitious 75 billion Saudi riyal project will develop 5.7 million square metres of land overlooking the Red … Read more

Pakistan Learning Festival kicks off in Karachi

Pakistan Learning Festival

KARACHI: The much-anticipated three-day Pakistan Learning Festival (PLF), an initiative of the Children’s Learning Festival (CLF), kicked off with a series of interactive sessions and activities on Tuesday, November 14, 2021, at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, a statement said. PLF is the flagship programme of civil society organisation Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi. The event, being co-hosted … Read more

Italy imposes new Covid rules on unvaccinated

Italy imposes new Covid rules on unvaccinated

ROME, Dec 6, 2021 (AFP) – People in Italy unvaccinated against Covid-19 can no longer go to the theatre, cinemas, live music venues or major sporting events under new rules that came into force Monday. Only those who have recently recovered from Covid-19 are exempt from the rules, which represent a significant tightening of restrictions in … Read more

A Saudi citizen has collected 100,000 artifacts in a private museum

Salem al-Hajuri, a Saudi citizen, has collected more than 100,000 artefacts for 30 years and set up a private museum in the Yanbu Commissioner’s home. This commissioner is in the Madinah region.

Talking to Al Arabiya Net, Salem Al-Hajuri said that by setting up the Rizvi Heritage Museum, he had obtained a permit from the Department of Tourism and National Heritage 14 years ago. Now my private museum has become one of the most visited tourist destinations in Yanbu.

“I found this hobby very expensive,” al-Hajuri said. In addition to money, I had to put in a lot of effort and time. Glad to have achieved the goal and managed to build a large private museum.

Al-Hajuri said that gold and silver ornaments are also decorated here – the tools used by goldsmiths in jewellery making are also kept – in addition to guns, swords, daggers and equipment used in ancient wars in ancient weapons. Also saved-

Samples of food and drink, public clothing, historical books, newspapers and manuscripts are also preserved. Samples of tailors, photographers, florists, carpenters, booksellers, herbalists and jewellers are also on display.

The museum will also feature sound instruments by public singers – an example of an ancient public caf – silver and gold coins.

Pilgrims passing through Yanbu used different types of currencies. There are also examples of these.

The Saudi citizen said that there is also a cultural library in which a selection of rare books and copies of Saudi Arabian newspapers have also been preserved.

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The World’s Longest Stick Insect Is 2 feet long

The World's Longest Stick Insect Is 2 feet long

A new species of stick insect in southern China has been declared the world’s longest insect, state media announced on Thursday.   Experts at the Chinese Museum claim that the world’s longest worm is present in their museum.   In 2014, they discovered an insect resembling a dry tree branch in the forests of southern China. … Read more

Robbers ran off with priceless diamonds from German state museum

Robbers ran off with priceless diamonds from German state museum

Robbers stole three priceless diamond sets from a German state museum in Dresden, police and museum directors said, in what German media have described as the biggest art heist since World War II. The thieves at dawn broke into the Green Vault at Dresden´s Royal Palace — home to around 4,000 precious objects of ivory, … Read more

COAS visited Frontier Corps HQ, lays floral wreath on martyrs’ graves

COAS visited Frontier Corps Headquarters

Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has visited the Frontier Corps Headquarters (North) here on Friday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that COAS imparts floral wreath to commemorate the martyrs. According to ISPR, Army Chief also visited the museum and fort galleries, and appreciated the role of the FC in bringing peace and stability … Read more

Comedian Jeremy’s tweet trolling India makes it to PAF museum’s wall

Jeremy’s tweet trolling India makes it to PAF museum

World renowned American stand-up comedian, Jeremy McLellan gone the extra mile to troll Indian aircraft MiG-21 to support Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in February this year. The tweet which trolled India has now finds a spot at the museum of PAF in Karachi. According to the details, Jeremy McLellan uploaded a video of the PAF … Read more

Dreadful doll contest held in Minnesota

Creepy doll contest held in Minnesota

Competitions among models is quite common around the world, but can this ever be the case among the dirtiest dolls? It’s little hard to believe, but in reality something like this has happened in the American state, Minnesota where beauty contest between the dreadful dolls housed in a museum. A Minnesota museum is getting visitors … Read more