From 3,000-year-old Uplistikhe to the 6th century David Gareja Monastery and the long-forgotten dwellings of Samshvilde, all of Georgia’s cave sites are awe-inspiring. But none prevail quite like Vardzia. Scattered across the slopes of Erusheti, looming over a lush valley scored by the Kura river, Vardzia is Georgia’s most remarkable cave city. In its day, […]
ABU DHABI: In commemoration of the UAE National Day 2021, Emirates Post Group (EPG) has raised the bar on postage stamp issuance by becoming the first in the region to issue non-fungible tokens (NFT) stamps. EPG is set to unveil this groundbreaking generation of stamps on 2nd December with four distinct NFT stamps to coincide […]
DUBAI: A documentary on the ancient international trade centre where the ring that inspired the Expo 2020 logo was found was unveiled at a private screening recently. It will be available for general viewing from November 29, 2021 on Expo 2020’s Virtual Expo, Abu Dhabi TV, and Dubai TV, and soon on Discovery Channel. The […]
DUBAI: Coca-Cola Arena, has announced that tickets are now on sale for the Dubai Ice Show, which will be held from December 3 to 5, 2021. This is the first time that the multipurpose arena will be transforming into an ice rink. On December 3, the KHL regular season game between the most recent Gagarin […]
When people think of artificial intelligence, the images that often come to mind are of the sinister robots that populate the worlds of “The Terminator,” “I, Robot,” “Westworld,” and “Blade Runner.” For many years, fiction has told us that AI is often used for evil rather than for good. But what we may not usually […]
DUBAI: With a 70 per cent minimum target share of energy to be supplied from renewables, and 80 per cent of primary energy use to be generated locally by 2030, Tom Alweendo, Minister of Mines and Energy, Namibia revealed that his nation’s goals cannot be achieved by the government alone. The Minister was speaking at a […]
DUBAI: Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, and the Khalifa University of Science Technology signed a strategic partnership at Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit (GMIS) to enable students and alumni to work alongside tech startups, opening the private sector and entrepreneurship door for their career paths. Signed by Badr Al-Olama, Acting Chief Executive Officer of […]
DUBAI: The India Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai has crossed yet another milestone by recording over 400 (thousand) footfalls since its inauguration. “The India Pavilion at the Expo 2020 continues to enchant the world by projecting an India that is Reforming, Performing & Transforming,” Piyush Goyal said on this accomplishment in a tweet. Dr. Aman […]
Egypt celebrated the reopening of the ancient Avenue of Sphinxes in Luxor, a 2.7-kilometres road that connects two temple complexes in the area, the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak. The event included a re-enactment of the Opet Festival, an annual ancient celebration, and a carnival held by Egyptian dynasties in the presence […]
The first tracings of dinosaurs in Missouri were found in the 1940s on the Chronister family’s property when they were digging a well. Nearly 60 years later, another set of fossils from the same species were uncovered about 50 feet away. After comparing and matching the tail vertebrates of these discoveries, paleontologists described them as […]
BOSTON: One of the first coins minted in Colonial New England, which was recently found among other coins in a candy tin, has sold at auction for more than $350,000 (AED 1.2m), more than it was expected to get, the auctioneer said. The one shilling silver coin made in Boston in 1652 — considered the […]
