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We drank Japanese tea, ate a Sumo-style hot pot dinner, walked through a bamboo forest and even climbed inside a giant, 750-year-old bronze Buddha statue ... mother. While I’ve been to Europe ...

A new White House executive order says the exhibition is an example of how the Smithsonian portrays "American and Western ...

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NESTLED in the heart of Glasgow is Europe's largest Thai restaurant which recently launched its new breakfast menu.

The tradition of this advocation goes back to 1571, when the whole of Christendom was saved by Mary Help of Christians when Catholics throughout Europe prayed ... one with a statue of Mary ...

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Two very rare, almost-life-sized statues have been discovered during the excavation of a massive tomb in Pompeii.

Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.

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