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☆ The worst-behaved travelers of 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-30 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Record-breaking numbers of tourists also mean there was no shortage of unruly traveler incidents in 2024. When on a plane, I won’t bite, punch or sling insultsThe US Federal Aviation Administration investigated more than 2,000 unruly passenger incidents in 2024. That same month, an American Airlines flight bound for Montana was diverted to Texas after a passenger punched a flight attendant multiple times. In February, an American Airlines flight was forced to return to Albuquerque after a man tried to open the emergency exit, passengers said. On another American Airlines flight in November, this time bound for Dallas, a passenger was duct-taped after trying to do the same thing, authorities said.

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☆ Jimmy Carter, the farmer, president and Nobel peace crusader, dies at age 100
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-29 | by ( Marty Steinberg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +20 min

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter holds up his Nobel Peace Prize Dec. 10, 2002, in Oslo, Norway. His grandson Jason Carter said it was gratifying for Jimmy Carter to see a reassessment of his presidency and legacy. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and North Korean President Kim Il Sung meet in June 1994, just weeks before Kim’s death. A portrait of President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter and their extended family. Left to right: daughter-in-law Judy, the wife of Jack Carter; grandson Jason James Carter; son Jack (John William Carter); daughter-in-law Annette, the wife of Jeff Carter; son Jeff (Donnel Jeffrey Carter); first lady Rosalynn Carter; daughter Amy Lynn Carter; President Jimmy Carter; daughter-in-law Caron Griffin Carter holding grandson James Earl Carter IV; and son Chip (James Earl Carter III).

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☆ Two arrested in Egypt after attempting to steal hundreds of ancient artifacts from the bottom of the sea
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-24 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | Mostafa Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Egyptian authorities have arrested two men for attempting to steal hundreds of ancient artifacts from the bottom of the sea, the country’s interior ministry said in a Monday statement. The men took the artifacts from the sea floor of Abu Qir Bay, near the port city of Alexandria, the ministry said. When confronted by authorities, the men said that had planned to traffic the items, according to the ministry. Egyptian authorities said that nearly 450 objects had been seized, including ancient coins and statue heads. Egyptian Interior MinistryPhotographs released by Egypt’s interior ministry show the items after they were seized.

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☆ The Western tourists going to Iraq for vacation
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Richard Collett | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

“It was peaceful, calm, and rather quiet,” Driskill told CNN Travel after visiting Iraq in 2024. “Every year we’re seeing more people come to Iraq than before,” he told CNN Travel. Newenham first visited in August 2021 and told CNN Travel that she never imagined Iraq becoming one of her favorite travel destinations. Anmar Khalil/AP“Visiting the [ninth-century] Great Mosque of Samarra is a must,” he told CNN Travel. For Sarah Sanbar, Iraq researcher at Human Rights Watch, tourism to the country is allowing visitors to see the real Iraq.

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☆ King Arthur left an ancient trail across Britain. Experts say it offers clues about the truth behind the myth
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Today, he is best associated with Tintagel Castle, where remains of a settlement dating back to the fifth century perch strikingly on an islet off the wild coast of Cornwall. Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesFor Stoyle, it’s likely that the myth of Arthur has at least its roots in fact. This Arthur was played by Clive Owen in the 2004 film, “King Arthur,” alongside Keira Knightley as Guinevere. The sixth-century “Artognou stone," discovered in 1998, has linked Tintagel with King Arthur for some scholars, though others dismiss it. Of course, medieval history writers were fast and loose with the facts.

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☆ Legends of Uzbekistan: The man who measured the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But a period of immense discovery is beginning, in which every scholar hopes their theories could change our understanding of the world. One of the greatest of these and one of the most revered in Islam is Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni. Born in 973 CE in Khwarazm in northwest Uzbekistan, Al-Biruni was a man of such prodigious knowledge and scholarship that the modern city is now an ode to his name, Beruniy. Al-Biruni is considered the "father of Indian studies" GettyThe early ages of space discoveryAlongside cultural studies, Al-Biruni had a passion for astronomy, devoting 95 of his 146 books to the cosmos. The first award ceremony is scheduled in November 2025, in Samarkand during the 43rd Session of the UNESCO General Conference.

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☆ Oldest stone tablet inscribed with Bible’s Ten Commandments to be sold at auction
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The oldest known tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament is expected to fetch up to $2 million when it goes up for auction next month. The ancient stone will be on show in Sotheby's New York showroom from December 5, before going on sale later in the month. The inscription was placed face upward and the stone was exposed to heavy foot traffic. According to a press statement sent to CNN by Sotheby’s, which will auction the tablet in New York next month, the stone was sold to a scholar in 1943. Last year, a Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old was sold for $38.1 million at Sotheby’s in New York.

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☆ Doburoku: once illegal, this Japanese alcohol is making a comeback
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Jonathan Delise | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

To distinguish this type of turbid Japanese alcohol from that of the ubiquitous and transparent sake, there are two distinct if slightly misleading categories: seishu (清酒), or clear sake, and doburoku (濁酒). However, when making doburoku, they are all simultaneously placed in with the yeast starter, causing the resulting mixture to be comparatively overflowing with sugars. For nearly as long as rice has been cultivated in Japan, doburoku has existed. In essence, all doburoku made from then on came to be called mitsuzoushu (密造酒), “secretly produced alcohol,” or moonshine. The state of doburoku todayOpened in 2015, Tokyo’s Sake Hotaru was the first legal spot to offer doburoku in Japan’s capital.

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☆ Long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum opens for trial run
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Cairo AP —The Grand Egyptian Museum will open 12 halls with exhibits about ancient Egypt in its main galleries starting this week in a trial run ahead of the still-unannounced official opening, officials have said. More than 100,000 artifacts of Egypt’s ancient treasures will be displayed in the world’s largest archaeological museum, according to the Egyptian state information website. The entrance to the Grand Egyptian Museum. ‘A gift to the world’The trial opening is aimed at figuring out which areas of the museum might become overcrowded. Other parts of the museum, including the King Tutankhamun treasure collection, are set to open at later dates.

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☆ US to return 297 antiquities to India
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The US is returning 297 history-spanning antiquities stolen or smuggled from India, many dating back centuries. In July, the US and India signed an agreement to protect cultural property by preventing illegal trades and streamline the process to return stolen antiquities back to India. “Prime Minister (Modi) thanked President Biden for his support in the return of these artifacts,” the India’s Ministry of External Affairs said. India has faced an uphill battle in protecting its valuable cultural treasures from looters, though it has been making headway in recent years. In 2022, the US returned 307 stolen treasures to India as part of a 15-year investigation into international trafficking networks.

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☆ Sümela, Turkey: The ancient monastery hanging from a cliff
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Joe Yogerst | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN retains full editorial control over subject matter, reporting and frequency of the articles and videos within the sponsorship, in compliance with our policyCNN —If its ancient walls could talk, Sümela Monastery in eastern Turkey would have quite a few stories to tell. “The Virgin Mary is a holy person for the Muslim people also. “The sultans considered Sümela a sacred place and helped the monastery by giving the monks donations and more land,” he adds. Sümela was popular with Christian and Muslim pilgrims, and an active Greek Orthodox monastery, until the early 20th century. Many of the Greeks living in the Pontic Alps and nearby Black Sea coast chose to relocate to Greece, including the monks of Sümela Monastery.

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☆ The Holy Grail: Many places say they have it. So who’s right?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-17 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

In "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," the Holy Grail was a simple "cup of a carpenter" with miraculous healing powers. Lucasfilm Ltd/Paramount/Kobal/ShutterstockOne thing’s for certain – the Holy Grail is embedded deep into our collective imagination. The idea of a quest is a constant theme in literature, art and movies, while we routinely refer to what would be our ultimate goals – but usually lie tantalizingly out of sight — as the “holy grail.” Major medical breakthroughs are often called the “holy grail” for the disease in question. The Holy Grail is, supposedly, the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper. Raquel Maria Carbonell Pagola/LightRocket/Getty ImagesSo what is it like to have a Holy Grail in your city?

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☆ Tourist is caught carving initials into 2,000-year-old home at Pompeii
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

But memories weren’t enough for one British tourist, who was caught this week engraving the initials of himself and his family into one of the city’s 2,000-year-old houses. Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79CE and is now one of Italy's most popular -- and most fragile -- tourist sites. However in June, when a tourist from Kazakhstan was caught carving his initials on the House of the Ceii in the ancient city, Pompeii’s director Gabriel Zuchtriegel said that the tourist would have to pay for the restoration of the wall. A lesser charge for defacing heritage sites can impose fines between 10,000 to 40,000 euros. In 2022, an Australian tourist even rode a moped around the ancient site.

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☆ Ancient monastery in war-ravaged Gaza placed on UNESCO’s danger list
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —An ancient Christian monastery in Gaza has been added to the List of World Heritage in Danger because of the ongoing conflict in the region. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Monastery of St. Hilarion, known locally as Tell Umm Amer, was simultaneously added to the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger, according to an announcement by UNESCO on its website on Friday. “This decision recognizes both the site’s value and the need to protect it from danger,” the organization explained online. The monastery was founded by St. Hilarion and was home to the first monastic community in the Holy Land, according to UNESCO. UNESCO stated: “In view of the threats to this heritage site posed by the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip, the World Heritage Committee used the emergency inscription procedure provided for in the World Heritage Convention.

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☆ Stunning ancient Roman mosaic found submerged in the sea off Naples
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A mosaic from the floor of an ancient Roman villa has been uncovered on the seabed in the waters off Naples. A diver works on the submerged mosaic floor. The aim is to try to reconstitute an entire section of the floor, according to the post. The floor would have been laid toward the end of the Roman Empire, “shortly before bradyseism brought these wonders to the bottom of the sea,” he said. The last major eruption of Campi Flegrei was in 1538, and it created a new mountain in the bay.

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☆ Opinion: ‘The big one’ disaster could happen in our lifetime. Can we be ready?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Opinion Jeff Schlegelmilch | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

The country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority is active but relatively new in its current form, having been consolidated as a single agency only in 2009. The practice of emergency management has generally originated from the first responder community and the civil defense era, primarily with a focus on consequence management. But as emergency management agencies have been designed, emergency management systems have been shaped by laws and agreements across government bureaucracies and partners in the private and nonprofit sectors with a narrower focus on managing consequences, focused more on logistics than sociology. But disaster management in practice is still fundamentally a numbers game. Strong emergency management agencies are also important.

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☆ NATO allies are chasing new long-range weapons to fill a critical missile gap as the US plans deep-strike deployments
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Ella Sherman | Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewSeveral NATO allies have agreed to a plan to develop new long-range missiles that are intended to fill capability gaps that have become increasingly noticeable as Russia wages its war in Ukraine. The new initiative among these NATO allies is focused on developing ground-launched cruise missiles with ranges is excess of 500 kilometers. In both cases, the shift toward improving long-range capabilities on European soil further signals NATO's understanding of critical gaps in its arsenal highlighted by the Ukraine war. Responding to US plans to deploy deep-strike capabilities in Germany, among other NATO actions, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said: "This is a very serious threat to the national security of our country." "All of this," he said, "will require us to take thoughtful, coordinated, effective responses to deter NATO, to counteract NATO."

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☆ The ultimate anti-aging skincare routine you should try before getting Botox, according to 2 dermatologists
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"The best anti-aging routine can be as simple as just a few steps," especially in the morning, Lindsey Zubritsky, a board-certified dermatologist, told Business Insider. Always cleanse your face — unless you have sensitive skin"I recommend starting out with a gentle cleanser if you have oily or acne-prone skin," Zubritsky said. AdvertisementZubtritsky recommended Cetaphil Gentle Cleanser, a creamier formula for dry or sensitive skin. For oilier skin, she suggested La Roche Posay Toleriane Foaming Cleanser, which can also be used for sensitive skin. AdvertisementIf you have sensitive skin, you'll want to start with retinol, Zubritsky said, as it's gentler.

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☆ Australia’s ‘world’s oldest’ loong: Vandals target the Chinese parade dragon in an Australian museum
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Australian police are seeking two people for allegedly vandalizing a century-old Chinese parade dragon and other valuable artefacts at a museum in a small town known for its historic links to China. The vandalism took place last week at the Golden Dragon Museum in Bendigo, about 100 miles northwest of Melbourne, according to the police and head of the museum. Golden Dragon MuseumBendigo, currently a city of some 100,000 people, has had Chinese residents for more than a century. To this day, a large dragon parade is held every Easter to raise money for a local hospital. The Golden Dragon Museum was opened in 1991 “to document, interpret and preserve the Chinese heritage in Australia” according to the museum’s website.

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☆ Opinion: Student protests are what created the university as we know it
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Opinion David M. Perry | Matthew Gabriele | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Editor’s Note: David M. Perry is a journalist, historian and senior academic adviser in the history department of the University of Minnesota. CNN —In recent days, protests by college students against Israel’s actions in the ongoing war in Gaza have popped up across the country. Concerned faculty at the University of Texas-Austin called a strike to protest police actions against peaceful protestors. But then, in the year 1200 CE, a group of students in Paris got swindled by a shopkeeper. They are a reminder that institutions of higher learning are a union between teachers and students dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge.

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☆ The extraordinary ancient secret places hidden under Turkey
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Lisa Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Less obviously visible but equally impressive are the historical treasures, some more than 12,000 years old, that can be found underground. Unlike the Basilica, this underground chamber was completely forgotten about until less than 15 years ago. Other than locals herding their livestock through the ruins of a garrison city dating to the 6th century, few people went there. Now, the site has given up numerous treasures including rock-cut tombs, an olive processing workshop and a series of underground cisterns. Yeraltı, literally meaning underground, was originally a dungeon in the basement of a fort built by the Byzantines in the 8th century CE.

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☆ Opinion: Ancient superstitions about eclipses paved the way for this scientific truth
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Opinion Jason Colavito | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —In ancient Mesopotamia, a solar eclipse was a cause for deep concern. Today, eclipses retain a little bit of their historic role as harbingers of doom. Many cultures imagined a solar eclipse occurred when a mythological being ate the sun. A group of people safely watching a solar eclipse in New York City in 1865. During the solar eclipse of 1842, 20,000 people of all social classes gathered in Perpignan, France, and applauded the sun’s performance.

Persons: Jason Colavito, Jimmy, James Dean, Herodotus, Thales, Miletus, Corbis, “, Pierre Gassendi, Christopher Columbus, Mark Twain, François Arago Organizations: New, Slate, CNN, puma, Thales, Connecticut Yankee, King Locations: New York, New Republic, Mesopotamia, United States, American, Vietnam, North America, China, New York City, France, Paris, Columbus, King Arthur’s, Perpignan

☆ Archaeologists are now finding microplastics in ancient remains
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —Microplastics have been found in historic soil samples for the first time, according to a new study, potentially upending the way archaeological remains are preserved. In total, the study identified 16 different microplastic polymer types in contemporary and archived soil samples, the statement adds. While preserving archaeological remains in situ has been the favored approach in recent years, the new findings could trigger a change in approach, as microplastic contamination could compromise the remains’ scientific value. “The presence of microplastics can and will change the chemistry of the soil, potentially introducing elements which will cause the organic remains to decay. If that is the case, preserving archaeology in situ may no longer be appropriate.”The study was published in Science of the Total Environment.

Persons: London CNN —, ” John Schofield, ” David Jennings, “, —, ” Organizations: London CNN, University of York, University of York’s Department of Archaeology, York, Environment Locations: London, United Kingdom, Coppergate, York

☆ In Hospitals, Affordable Housing Gets the Long-Term Investor It Needs
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Patrick Sisson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

She has amenities, like a 24-hour gym and an on-site community clinic, at arm’s reach. The complex seeks to be a model for communities nationwide by linking stable housing to better health. Aetna, a managed care organization that operates in the region, invested $26.7 million in the $80 million project, called H3C, whose “H” stands for health and the “3C” represents commerce, culture and community. Tenants and others in the community will have access to a medical clinic operated by DePaul Community Health Centers on the ground floor. Researchers at the Louisiana Public Health Institute will study patients’ health outcomes, and consultants at Health Management Associates will use the anonymized data to determine more effective ways that health systems can work with developers.

Persons: Ce’Yann Irving, I’m, ”, Irving Organizations: Catholic Charities, Community, Gulf Coast Housing Partnership, DePaul Community Health Centers, Louisiana Public Health Institute, Health Management Associates Locations: Central City, New Orleans, arm’s, Gulf, Coast

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