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British Parliament's Big Ben to fall silent for four years

The Big Ben bell is set to fall silent for the longest period in its 157-year history as part of an extensive renovation project

Cult

"Beyond the Wall": new art installation opens in Berlin

Malta

Amid dust and rust lie ruins of World War II command centre

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The USS Constitution, warship from 1797, returns to water

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Greece

Eight ancient shipwrecks discovered off Greece

Divers from a joint Greek-American project discovered eight new shipwrecks off the Greek Fourni islands back in June.

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Eight injured after bulls rampage through Pamplona

World News

Peru reveals face of ancient priestess

3D imaging technology and forensics archaeology used to reveal face from Peru's ancient past

Austria

Austria seizes Hitler's house

Austrian court upholds compulsary purchase order on Hitler's birthplace

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Spacewalk legend Leonov's plunge into the unknown

Alexei Leonov, cosmonaut and first man to walk in space describes what it was like to be the first to drift free in the empty ocean of space around him.

World News

Big wooden toe ‘one of world’s oldest artificial body parts’

Culture

Somali star is first hijab-wearing model on cover of top US magazine

She donned Nike's high-performance hijab on the cover of the July issue with the caption: "This Is American Beauty".

Argentina

Nazi relics hidden behind sliding bookcase in Argentina

Germany

European leaders pay homage to Helmut Kohl

Kohl overcame resistance to reunification from Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and British prime minister Margaret Thatcher who feared the return of a powerful, united Germany.

Morocco

Human species 'older than previously thought'

Fossils that are 100,000 years older than any other known remains of our species have been unearthed

Egypt

17 mummies found in Egypt

Archaeologists have discovered 17 mummies in a complex of catacombs in Minya province, the first discovery of its kind since 1950

France

A historical look at Macron, France's man of the moment

Historian Jean-Pierre Rioux is a specialist commentator on France's political, cultural and social past.

Mexico

Mexicans reenact historic battle against French

Hundreds of people have been reenacting a famous 5th of May battle, when Mexican troops defeated the French army.

Europe News

European 'history house' opens this weekend

It was meant to have been open in 2014, but now the House of European History finally opens its doors to the public this weekend.

Spain

Guernica marks 80th anniversary of deadly German bombing

On April 26, 1937 the small Basque town of Guernica was destroyed by German bombs

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Iraqi Yazidis celebrate their New Year

Iraq's Yazidi minority celebrate their new year with hope 2017 will be better.