Conserving the 17th-century earth-rammed house of Kabesa

A three-storey traditional structure stands alone on a gentle slope near terraced paddy fields and a river bend in Kabesa, north of Thimphu, with vivid signs of urban sprawl inching closer all around. At a glance, this house looks like any other old, abandoned Bhutanese home, beguiling the fact that it is a 17th-century structure that has withstood the test of time.

Brazil officially welcomes return of sacred Indigenous cloak from Denmark

nst.com.my - 13/Sep 06:27

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil formally received on Thursday the return from Denmark of an Indigenous cloak made with 4,000 red feathers of the scarlet ibis...

Built on shoulders of a giant

thepost.co.ls - 06/Sep 12:59

We met ’Mankopane ’Mangakane at her luxuriously designed house in Koalabata on the outskirts of Maseru last Friday. It is a house that oozes...

BUEI lecture will highlight Sea Venture

royalgazette.com - 12/Sep 07:46

Insights into the lives and fate of survivors from the 17th-century shipwreck that led to the island’s permanent settlement will be revealed at the...

BUEI lecture will highlight Sea Venture

royalgazette.com - 12/Sep 07:46

Insights into the lives and fate of survivors from the 17th-century shipwreck that led to the island’s permanent settlement will be revealed at the...

Scientists unravel the mystery of alumina’s surface structure after 50 years

knowridge.com - 13/Sep 14:08

Researchers have finally solved a scientific puzzle that has stumped experts for more than half a century—the structure of aluminum oxide (Al2O3),...

Brazil officially welcomes return of sacred Indigenous cloak from Denmark

stabroeknews.com - 13/Sep 06:01

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil formally received yesterday the return from Denmark of an Indigenous cloak made with 4,000 red feathers of...

Brazil officially welcomes return of sacred Indigenous cloak from Denmark

stabroeknews.com - 13/Sep 06:01

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil formally received yesterday the return from Denmark of an Indigenous cloak made with 4,000 red feathers of...

10 road upgrades that were abandoned in South Africa

topauto.co.za - 16/Sep 13:03

The Department of Transport has released a report detailing all the abandoned, incomplete, and delayed road maintenance and upgrade projects in South...