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In 1933, Percy Shaw nearly drove off the road when a flash from a cat’s eyes saved him from thick fog, and this transformed night driving on the highways foreverDriving at night in the 1930s was dangerous. Percy Shaw invented Cat's Eyes, reflective road studs, after seeing cat eyes shine in fog. Thi...- In 1992, A Retired Gardener Looked for a Lost Hammer in a Suffolk Field, His Metal Detector Hit Something Strange: It Revealed Britain’s Largest Roman Treasure HoardA retired gardener's search for a lost hammer in an English field led to an extraordinary archaeological find: a buried Roman treasure ches...
- Stolen Indian idols abroad: Why global rules on sacred antiquities must changeWith great pride, the Ashmolean Museum has repatriated a 16th-century bronze idol back to its homeland, India. This significant gesture shi...
- UK's Ashmolean museum sends back sacred idol to Tamil Nadu templeThe Ashmolean Museum in London has returned a 16th century bronze idol to India. This sacred icon belongs to a temple in Tamil Nadu. The mu...
- Lost Nazi fortune? The $100 million gold coin trove that survived WWII is now up for auctionA coin collection hidden underground for over 50 years is set to break records, with experts estimating its value at over $100 million. The...
- The unusual suspects: A luxe bucket list of lesser-known travel destinationsThe ‘Mona Lisa’, Stonehenge, Palace of Versailles — these fabled tourist spots are dreadfully overcrowded. Try these lesser-known, but just...
- Oxford University to return 500-yr-old bronze statue of a Tamil saint to IndiaThe 60 cm-tall statue of Saint Tirumankai Alvar was acquired by the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford from Sotheby's auction hou...
- Oxford University to return stolen 500-year-old bronze idol to IndiaOxford University has agreed to return a 500-year-old bronze idol of Saint Tirumankai Alvar, believed to be stolen from a Tamil Nadu temple...
- India requests UK museum at Oxford for ancient idol stolen from Tamil Nadu templeThe statue of Saint Tirumankai Alvar was acquired by the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford from Sotheby''s auction house in 1967...
- Natural history museums must now tell more about climate change, biodiversity and human-wildlife coexistenceThe fires in Delhi and Kolkata have been traumatic, but if they can shake museum curators away from the old displays, they might still serv...
- Hinduja Foundation unveils the priceless Lance Dane Coin CollectionThese coins were sourced by Lance Dane, an officer of the Royal British Army, and the private viewing this week is being called the "Lance ...
- Tiger, tiger burning bright but will lion snatch away its light?Lions have always been the royal favourites and may even snatch the national animal tag
- Christie to offer a head study by Sir Anthony van DyckChristie’s is offering a head study by Sir Anthony van Dyck, which was recently re-discovered on the BBC television progamme The Antiques R...
- Christie's London to present a sale of renowned Benson Collection of Early SpoonsChristie's London is presenting a sale of the renowned Benson Collection of Early Spoons on the 4 June 2013.
- How dollar was almost issued by India onceThe few Indian dollars actually struck were never formally issued, but are still among the rarest specimens for collectors of Indian coins.
- Oxford celebrates 400 years of links with IndiaThe University of Oxford, for the first time, will celebrate an 'Oxford-India Day' tomorrow by bringing together scholars and select group ...
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