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‘Hobbit houses’ might just save a Moldovan village
With tens of thousands of Moldovans emigrating every year mostly to EU countries, many villages have become ghost towns
TikTok drives ‘bizarre’ rush to Prague library’s book tower
‘The Idiom’, by Slovak artist Matej Kren, is a cylindrical tower of 8,000 books
Rome’s new Colosseum station reveals ancient treasures
The underground museum holds 350 objects – from ceramic jugs and lamps to bronze statuettes and a wooden sword
‘A public square should be for the people’
Studjurban wins Gold Award for Local Cultural Contributor for regeneration of Vittoriosa Square
The history of Dwejra Tower and its surroundings
An invitation to an illustrated talk and book launch with Maltese heritage and nature writer Stanley Farrugia Randon
‘Let there be light’ at St John’s
Philip Farrugia Randon writes about the history of lighting in Valletta's famous co-cathedral
Turkey basilica emerges from lake, illuminating early Church life
Pope Leo XIV is to visit the basilica on Friday, as he embarks on his first trip overseas
Dead quiet: Paris Catacombs close for renovations
Underground galleries are the final resting place for millions of bodies disinterred between the Middle Ages and French Revolution
After delays, Egypt set for lavish opening of grand museum
Grand Egyptian Museum houses thousands of artefacts spanning more than 5,000 years of Egyptian antiquity
World maps get Africa’s size wrong
Cartographers explain why fixing it matters