Established as a national park in 1972, South Luangwa National Park is located in eastern Zambia, at the tail end of Africa's Great Rift Valley. Known to locals as simply 'the South Park,' it was initially founded as the Luangwa Game Park in 1904 ...
The Atomium in Brussels is nine interconnected spheres intended to symbolize the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Renovated as a major national event between 2004 and 2006, the Atomium - which was not intended to survive Brussels World's Fair (1958) for which it was the flagship construction - is today ...
Lake Titicaca is the world’s highest lake navigable to large vessels, lying at 3,810 meters above sea level in the Andes Mountains of South America, astride the border between Peru to the west and Bolivia to the east. Titicaca is one of less than twenty ancient lakes on earth, and is thought to be there million years old ...
Artifacts attributed to the Nature God “Dionysus” who had an important place in Greek mythology, are on display as part of the "You Will See What You Didn't See" project carried out at a museum in Türkiye’s western province of Izmir. Statue heads belonging to “Dionysos” are being exhibited in the Izmir Archeology Museum ...
Edgar Duvivier (saxophone) and Dami Andres (guitar) will be the first performers at the 17th Baku International Jazz Festival which will be held with the support of the Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Culture. The duo will share the same stage with Tofig Jabbarov (percussion) and Denis Fontura ...
The Royal Exhibition Building is a major historical place in Australia and is the first building in the country to receive the World Heritage status by UNESCO. Built in 1880, the Royal Exhibition Building is beautiful inside and out—a true landmark of Melbourne ...
The 20th century saw the fall of many monarchies and their replacement by republican forms of government around the world. There are still a significant number of countries and smaller political units that retain monarchies, however. These five countries are some of the smallest kingdoms of the world ...
It's exciting to be back in Middle-earth courtesy of Prime Video’s Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The streamer only recently debuted the first two episodes of the fantasy series based on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, and it seems the show is already a huge success. The season premiere racked up an impressive 25 million global viewers in its first day ...
The International Mugham Center in Baku will host a jazz concert marking the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Japan on September 7, 2022. The concert will feature the works by Azerbaijani and foreign composers ...
On November 26, famous Russian pianist Evgeny Grinko will perform with a concert program at the Heydar Aliyev Palace. Young and talented Evgeny Grinko is best known for his recent video shot for his solo composition "Valse" that went viral on social networks ...
The annual George Enescu International Music Festival has started in Bucharest, the capital of Romania. Famous classical musicians from 37 countries of the globe arrive in Romania to perform in the concerts held during the festival. The 18th edition of the George Enescu International Competition ...
President of the International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation Gunay Afandiyeva has met with Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the State of Qatar Arman Issagaliyev and Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the State of Qatar Chingiz Eshimbekov as part of her official visit to Doha ...
Tom Cruise’s blockbuster sequel “Top Gun: Maverick” has roared into the record books as the No. 1 best-selling digital sell-through title ever in the U.S. in its first week of release — at least, that’s according to Paramount Home Entertainment, according to Variety ...
President of the International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation Gunay Afandiyeva has met with Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the State of Qatar Rashad Ismayilov and Ambassador of Turkiye to the State of Qatar Mustafa Göksu as part of her official visit to Doha ...
Embassy of India, Baku in collaboration with ANM Exhibitions, has organized an Exclusive Fashion Show presenting “Indian Creativity on the Ramp” at JW Marirott Absheron. Charge d’Affaires of India in Baku Vinay Kumar informed that the event was organized ...
Azerbaijani musicians will perform at the “Tsinandali-2022” international classical music festival, to be held in Georgia on September 2-11. The festival will take place at the historic Tsinandali Estate located in the heart of the Georgian region of Kakheti ...
Life is fleshing out in native Karabakh, for liberation of which Azerbaijanis had been eagerly waiting for 30 years. Besides the restoration and reconstruction work, cultural life is also returning to these lands, which are dear to every Azerbaijani, as different ...
Five Italian films compete at the 79th Venice Film Festival which opened Tuesday and runs until Sept. 10, with the participation of great international names and some interesting debuts, according to Anadolu Agency. “Festivals are not a bubble closed off to contemporary reality,” artistic director Alberto Barbera ...
Member of the Board of Directors of the Public Organization for the Protection of Cultural Heritage and Historical Monuments "GASR" (Castle), First Deputy Chairman and Member of the Board of ICOMAM (Committee of Military History, Military Museums and Weapons Collections), Doctor philosophy ...
Ralph Eggleston, an Academy Award-winning animator, art director and production designer at Pixar Animation Studios, died on Monday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 56, according to Variety. Eggleston won the animated short film Oscar for writing and directing the 2001 Pixar ...
