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3 February 2021 UCL has received a donation of more than £11m for research and teaching on the history, heritage and languages of Mesopotamia, the ancient ‘land between two rivers’ that is now home to modern day Iraq, Northern Syria and Eastern Turkey. The gift will fund both Iraqi led research to create economic and social benefits for local communities and a dedicated new UK hub at UCL for Ancient Middle Eastern Languages. It will build o...

The Next 10 Years Thanks to generous new funding, the Nahrein Network is able to continue its mission until 2031. Read about our plans for this next phase of work, which will begin later in 2021. Huge new threats to Iraq’s future have emerged in past few years, while the old ones have not gone away. The economy is still heavily dependent on oil. Post-Da’esh reconstruction has been frustratingly slow. Iraqs political system is as fragile as ever, while poverty, gender inequalities, a...

See details at oxford.gov.uk/planning A cabin where patients who have received a Covid vaccine will be examined could be built at the Warneford Hospital. A single-story Portakabin brand building would be erected on scrubland in an overflow car park at the psychiatric hospital site. According to a planning document detailing the works, the new building would be used for two purposes. The document said: "Primarily it will be used for the examination of patients that have received the Co...

Firstsites The Great Big Art Exhibition invites the UK public to get creative Running until the end of April, the UK is encouraged to draw, sculpt and paint to themes set fortnightly by artists such as Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Jeremy Deller, David Shrigley and Ai Weiwei. Words With more time on our hands now is a perfect time to get creative, something that The Great Big Art Exhibition – launched on 28 January – aims to inspire. People across the UK are invited to take part in a collab...

Published: 7:00 PM January 28, 2021    Artwork depicting animals, created by (left to right) Iggy and Romey is displayed in the windows of a row of houses to launch The Great Big Art Exhibition, the nations largest ever exhibition, an initiative by Firstsite. - Credit: David Parry/PA Wire People across East Anglia are being invited to make works of art to put up in their front windows to create the nation’s largest ever exhibition – a celebration of creativity to counter the gloom of the ...

Uniquely Signed Painting By Decourt Discovered In London A miniature painting – bought ‘unseen’ during lockdown in 2020 has been positively attributed to the 14th- century court painter  Decourt. The 57mm tall likeness was originally described as Sir Walter Raleigh, but experts at Philip Mould & Co soon discovered it was an image of Henri III, King of France (1551-1589), whose remaining contemporary images are extremely scarce. A second transformative discovery was made when a conserva...

Mona Lisa is alone but still smiling 27 Jan, 2021 02:03 AM 7 minutes to read The Mona Lisa is alone. Photo / Dmitry Kostyukov, The New York Times New York Times By: Liz Alderman With the Louvre closed because of the pandemic, museum officials are pushing ahead on a grand restoration and cleanup. From her bulletproof case in the Louvre Museum, Mona Lisas smile met an unfamiliar sight the other morning: emptiness. The gallery where throngs of visitors swarmed to ogle her day aft...

ET Panache NEWS Powered by Mona Lisas smile isnt greeting visitors at the Louvre; a small army of artisans working overtime to complete restoration before reopening SECTIONS Mona Lisas smile isnt greeting visitors at the Louvre; a small army of artisans working overtime to complete restoration before reopeningBy Share Synopsis New York Times Instead of waiting until Tuesdays — the sole day that the Louvre used to close — curators, restorers, conservator...

Viking Announces New Nile River Ship For 2022 Viking® today announced an expansion of its Egypt fleet with Viking Aton, a new state-of-the-art river vessel. Inspired by the design of the award-winning Viking Longships® and built specifically to navigate the Nile River, Viking Aton is currently under construction and is scheduled to debut in September 2022. Sailing on Viking’s popular Pharaohs & Pyramids itinerary, the new vessel will join Viking’s existing Egypt river fleet, which include...

6 TV shows that will make you feel like you’ve traveled somewhere These might help get you through the winter, and inspire you when it’s time to get exploring again By Diane Bair and Pamela Wright Globe Correspondent,Updated January 24, 2021, 1:55 p.m. Email to a Friend Kyle Chandler (John Rayburn) in the Netflix series "Bloodline," set in the Florida Keys.Saeed Ayani By now, you’ve watched every show “recommended for you” in your queue, and you fell in love with the Ro...