UK town to convert toilet block into museum

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 16:59

The Sleaford Museum Trust has received money from UK`s Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to set up the museum.

Bus rams into tree in London, 32 injured

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 00:51

At least 32 passengers were injured in a major bus crash on Kennington Road near the Imperial War Museum here on Friday.

Misty the dinosaur skeleton heads to Denmark

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 09:25

A rare full skeleton of a huge diplodocus dinosaur sold in Britain last month was bought by the Natural History Museum of Denmark, the institution said on Tuesday.

Memories of 1971 Bangladesh War come alive in Army museum

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 12:42

To keep alive the memory of Indian Army`s partnership with the Mukti Bahini in achieving the liberation of Bangladesh, the Eastern Command has archived and displayed declassified documents, rare photographs and war trophies in a museum.

Easter Island collapse disputed by anthropologist in new theory

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 19:09

A new theory suggests that the Easter Island inhabitants didn’t actually fail, instead they succeeded.

Posh`s `wedding tiara` set to go under the hammer

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 17:06

Victoria Beckham`s tiara, which she wore on her wedding, will be up for auction at a UK auction house.

Riddle of the rotating ancient Egyptian statue solved

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 09:05

For months, curators at a British museum had been wondering how an ancient Egyptian statue in a sealed display cabinet had been able to rotate on its glass shelf, seemingly of its own free will.

World`s oldest big cat fossil found in Tibet

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 18:33

A fossil discovered in Tibet promises to fill a significant gap in the mystery shrouding the evolutionary origin of panthers, scientist here have said.

Martin Scorsese, David Hockney honoured at LA gala

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 09:47

Film director Martin Scorsese and artist David Hockney have been honoured at a star-studded event at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).

1900-year-old Roman eagle sculpture unearthed in UK

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 19:24

A 1,900-year-old extraordinary Roman sculpture of an eagle firmly grasping a writhing serpent in its beak has been unearthed after excavations at a building site here.