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• Secrets of the furniture flippers: how to turn trash into treasure February 23, 2025 2:16 pm The Guardian A coffee table lies discarded on a grassy kerb. Thick black paint obscures how chipped and decrepit the wood underneath might be. Passing by, the best thing for it seems like the local tip. But along comes a young woman. She takes it and, with a healthy …
• Archeologists Find Second Pharaoh Tomb Near Luxor, Egypt February 23, 2025 11:54 am TVC News Nigeria A British archaeologist believes his team may have found a second tomb in Egypt belonging to King Thutmose II. The potential find comes just days after Dr Piers Litherland announced the discovery of the first tomb of a pharaoh since Tutankhamun’s was …
• Ancient Greece a Pioneer in Marketing and Advertising February 23, 2025 11:21 am GreekReporter.com Ancient Greek vase depicting Achilles and Ajax playing a game. Credit Sailko, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Advertising and marketing flourished in ancient Greece and Rome. Although they lacked the sophistication of modern advertising campaigns, there …
• Newly discovered ancient apex predator had knife-sharp teeth and bone-crushing jaws February 23, 2025 10:57 am CBC/Radio-Canada As It Happens6:25Meet the bastetodon, a newly discovered apex predator of ancient Egypt What had the body of a dog, the face of a cat and jaws powerful enough to potentially crush the bones of an elephant?  Meet the Bastetodon, a newly discovered species …
• Royal plant remains sacred to this day – as well as being a sign of love February 23, 2025 9:19 am John O'Groat Journal & Caithness Courier Beautiful Botanicals by Joanne Howdle Basil. Picture: WikiMedia/Creative CommonsBasil (Ocimum basilicum) is a sun-loving botanical in the Lamiaceae family of aromatic flowering plants which includes other culinary herbs like mint, rosemary, sage and …