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They cut these reliefs and sell them to criminals and antique dealers, usually they cut off the head, leaving the legs, because the head is the valuable part.

Qais Hussain Rashid

Found on CNN
10 years ago

There are palaces, temples and statues there, and ISIS is living among them, i'm afraid they'll do something crazy there.

Qais Hussain Rashid

Found on CNN
10 years ago

They are people from another planet, they take pride in nothing. Their mentality is completely petrified. They don't think of all this as the accomplishments of humanity.

Qais Hussain Rashid

Found on CNN
10 years ago

You can marry up what he's written down with the pictures.

Paula Granger

Found on CNN
10 years ago

It's an exciting find, the notebook is a missing part of the official expedition record. After spending seven years conserving Scott's last expedition building and collection, we are delighted to still be finding new artifacts.

Nigel Watson

Found on CNN
10 years ago

The tour guides take you to certain areas to take pictures, like half an hour at the same place. You don't want to get bored with your pictures, this brings a little bit of change and fun to picture taking.

Alla Shubina

Found on CNN
10 years ago

It's part of our trip. It's something which we can do together.

Alla Shubina

Found on CNN
10 years ago

When there is not frequent, reliable, accessible transport, this can affect women and anyone's ability to access opportunity and notably employment in urban areas, which can make a big difference for women in particular, (Women) tend to be more reliant on public transport and on non-motorized means, particularly in low-income or middle-income countries, in emerging economies.

Mary Crass

Found on CNN
10 years ago

The emerging interest in several countries on women-only initiatives should be seen as an opportunity for improving security in cities but not as a silver bullet for dealing with gender-based violence in transportation and urban settings, women-only initiatives are not likely to provide long-term solutions as they only segregate by gender and provide a short-term remedy instead of addressing more fundamental issues.

Julie Babinard

Found on CNN
10 years ago

I think the chiefs will survive, depending on how local governments in Africa develop, they'll either become figures for tourists or they'll continue to play a very important role.

Richard Dowden

Found on CNN
10 years ago

When there is a marriage to be made (in the village, monarchs) will return to sort it out. In these sorts of matters, they do retain a lot of power.

Richard Dowden

Found on CNN
10 years ago

I have always wanted to capture an image where the rotifer show the complete corona in focus, so when I saw the heart-shaped corona I had a feeling it would be a very special picture.

Rogelio Moreno

Found on CNN
10 years ago

To take this image, I used a flash to freeze the movement of the rotifer and differential interference contrast( DIC) to show the beautiful details and the blue background.

Rogelio Moreno

Found on CNN
10 years ago

You have a dysfunctional relationship between Netanyahu and Obama.

Aaron David Miller

Found on CNN
10 years ago

But what do they amount to? It is confined and contained to a soap opera-like exchange that never leads to anything of consequence.

Aaron David Miller

Found on CNN
10 years ago

It's sort of an extension of the selfie stick really, it's an unlocking of the third dimension for camera positioning.

Eric Cheng

Found on CNN
10 years ago

Most people are successful with the product and consider it easy to fly, that said, it's still a flying machine so it has the potential to hit things and crash.

Eric Cheng

Found on CNN
10 years ago

It's made of white plastic. It's not scary. It's pretty accessible to most people.

Eric Cheng

Found on CNN
10 years ago

Because I got to see the Sistine Chapel like I had never seen it before, this light allows you to see every little detail of the paintings and at the same time it allows you to grasp and experience the Sistine Chapel as a whole, in its entirety.

Antonio Paolucci

Found on CNN
10 years ago

I don't have words to express, just my pain, my tears, my heart pounding harder and my body trembling.

Kevin Robello

Found on CNN
10 years ago

They offer a rare glimpse into the informal or private world of medieval monks, personally, I love the thumbprint, which was left by a careless scribe who spilled ink on his work. It seems so fresh and human, yet it happened 700 years ago.

Dr Kwakkel

Found on CNN
10 years ago

I found one that is obviously a drawing of the face of a schoolmaster. You can recognize him from the teacher's hat on his head, it was obviously drawn by a student in class, seven centuries ago.

Dr Kwakkel

Found on CNN
10 years ago

That was breathtaking, it was so casual and romantic. It as if it had been written just yesterday.

Dr Kwakkel

Found on CNN
10 years ago

Normally, scribes would doodle or write snatches of lettering after cutting their nibs, to make sure they were the correct width, these pen-tests ranged from the sort of scribbled lines that people still do today to words, names, full sentences, or simple drawings. Sometimes we even find pretty good drawings.

Dr Kwakkel

Found on CNN
10 years ago

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