Renovation of Genghis Khan&#39;s Mausoleum underway
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A large-scale renovation of the mausoleum of Genghis Khan, a proud son of Heaven for his time and founder of the Mongol empire of the Middle Ages, is underway in north China&#39;s Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region.
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The renovated Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building, an Art Deco landmark that has been enlarged by Gluckman Mayner Architects of New York, is the first phase of an ambitious plan to expand and update the Philadelphia Museum.
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The $263 million Musee du Quai Branly , which builders are racing to complete for its February 2006 opening, is President Jacques Chirac's pet project.
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Bulldozers and earthmovers pushed aside rubble and hauled away piles of wrecked cars Wednesday to prepare Yasser Arafat&#39;s battered West Bank compound for his burial.
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On schedule and on budget, the Kaufman Center opened on Tuesday with a gala reception and concert after an eight-month, $17 million renovation.
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Work begins on a Â£5m upgrade of one of Scotland's busiest stretches of motorway.
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The new governor of Herat, Sayed Muhammad Khairkhwa, 51, spent today, his first day at work, ensconced at the top of the hill in the city&#39;s finest guest house
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YUMEN, China Not far from the old Silk Road, Chinese government scientists have begun boring holes deep into granite in the first steps toward building what could become the world's largest tomb for nuclear waste.
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A new mosque, thought to be the largest in central Asia, is inaugurated in the isolated republic.
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GURNA, Egypt  - Drowning out grumbles from tourist touts and descendants of tomb robbers, bulldozers moved into an Egyptian village near the Valley of the Kings on Saturday at the start of a plan to resettle 3,200 households for the sake of archaeology.
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Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi yesterday morning inaugurated the new premises of AM Mangion Limited at Luqa industrial estate.
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A makeover of Sadr City reflects a broad effort by Iraqi leaders to focus on lucrative rebuilding efforts.
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Months after Egypt boldly announced that archaeologists had identified a mummy as the most powerful queen of her time, scientists in a museum basement are still analyzing DNA from the bald, 3,500-year-old corpse to try to back up the claim aired on TV.
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Leaders and dignitaries from around the world are headed to Cairo for the funeral of Yasser Arafat. The Palestinian leader&#39;s casket arrived there today on board a plane from Paris.
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Morocco's capital Rabat is rebuilding its seafront and in so doing uncovering a vast treasure trove of relics, artefacts and ruins.
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A puzzling site grew more curious with the release of a satellite photograph showing new construction there that resembles the siteâs former main building.
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This year&#39;s opening ceremony to the Olympic Games in Athens was impressive for the mixture of allusions to antiquity and modern innovation.