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Archaeologists have been excavating Gordion, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Phrygia in central Turkey, for more than a century. The “King Midas” burial mound is in the background.
Carvd stone lions flank a gate at the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusa in central Turkey. The Hittites were a powerful empire in the second millennium B.C., battling the Egyptians and Assyrians before 'disappearing' around 1198 B.C.
Visitors take in an image from the “Bored Ape Yacht Club” NFT collection at Hong Kong's Digital Art Fair Xperience in October 2022. NFTs have recently surged as a new vehicle for digital art—and have garnered vast sums of money as investments, collectibles, and displays of wealth.
Prolonged drought lowered the level of the Elbe River so much in summer 2022 that the so-called Hunger Stone, one of the oldest hydrological monuments in Central Europe, appeared in Decin, Czech Republic. It heralded the famine years—reduced harvests due to drought. The stone is engraved with the years—the oldest from 1616—and inscriptions. The most distinct is the old German "Wenn du mich siehst, dann weine" ("If you see me, weep").
In the Ashrafiyeh neighbourhood, blown-out windows and other damage testify to the power of the explosion, which displaced as many as 300,000 people.
On January 22, citizens in Guangzhou, China, wear masks as they are screened for the new coronavirus, which started in the city of Wuhan.
Smoke billows from a Russian airstrike on Eastern Ghouta, which was controlled by the Syrian opposition.
A Palestinian man prays at the Great Mosque of Gaza during the holy month of Ramadan in Gaza City.
Phrygia The Phrygians (pronounced FRIJ-ans) commanded a wide swath of modern Turkey from around 1200 to 700 B.C. Their most famous ruler was the legendary King Midas, who resided in the kingdom’s capital of Gordion.
A detail shows the feet and claws of a near-complete specimen of 'Tyrannosaurus rex' dubbed Tristan Otto, which is on display at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Germany. In life these claw bones would have been covered with keratin sheaths, akin to the claws of a cat, but much larger and capable of inflicting far more significant damage.