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Shock revelations as Egypt’s King Tut unmasked

King Tutankhamun, an icon of Ancient Egypt, reportedly had buck teeth, wide hips and a severe limp, digitally recreated images have shown. In a BBC documentary which airs next Sunday , researchers found that the most famous Pharaoh may have not lived the life insinuated by his...

Syrian Artist Shares Story of Homeland Through Her Work

( Davidson Website )- Like thousands in her home country of Syria, artist Etab Hreib is intimately familiar with the consequences of violent conflict – her son was recently arrested and imprisoned by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and her house in Syria robbed. Hreib, who grew...

Turkish Director Ceylan: 'I deal with inner worlds'

(Reuters) - Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan says his film "Winter Sleep" dealing with the huge divide between rich and poor, the powerful and the powerless in modern day Turkey is not based on current events, but is meant to teach his country a lesson. Ceylan's film...

Garcia Marquez, an influence 'all over the planet'

Gabriel Garcia Marquez was an enormous influence on a huge number of writers worldwide, in particular through his 1967 novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude". Far beyond South America and the wider Hispanic world, Garcia Marquez's influence was felt by and played out in the work...