China province lets police sing, dance at office
July 15th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 15 (IANS) The police in China's Jiangsu province have set up a ballroom at their office for officers who like to sing and dance.A senior police officer, ... Read more...
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Michelangelo’s Last Judgment ‘based on male prostitutes’
November 13th, 2010 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 13 (ANI): The Last Judgment fresco, which took Michelangelo four years to complete, is based on male prostitutes he encountered in homosexual bathhouses and brothels, it has emerged.Elena Lazzarini, of ... Read more...
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Ancient cemeteries and public baths unearthed in archaeological excavations in Syria
January 7th, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 7 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has unearthed cemeteries, public baths and other archaeological discoveries in Daraa city, Southern Syria.According to the Global Arab Network, Wafa al-Audi, head of Bosra's ... Read more...
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Chinese nude bathing house reopens 7yrs after its closure
June 9th, 2009 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 9 (ANI): Seven years after it was shut down, a nude bathing house in China's Sichuan province has reopened.The bathing house, situated in the Yuping Mountain Scenic Spot, had ... Read more...
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Architectural historians ramping up efforts to restore Syria’’s historic bathhouses
August 3rd, 2008 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
Damascus (Syria), August 3 (ANI): Architectural historians are ramping up efforts to restore Damascus''s historic bathhouses, which experts say are crumbling and in danger of disappearing altogether.The baths in Damascus are ... Read more...
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