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Cairo, 17 Mar (ONA) --- Five tombs from the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate eras were recently uncovered during excavations carried out on the northeastern side of King Merenre Pyramid in Saqqara necropolis, Egypt. Khaled El-Enany, Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities and Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities toured today the excavation work carried out by an Egyptian excavation team. The first tomb, which belonged to an official with the rank of Iry, consists of a deep burial shaft leading to a chamber decorated with funerary ...

Muscat, 16 Mar (ONA) --- The Royal Opera House Muscat (ROHM) will present the Nutcracker show to be performed by the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre tomorrow (Thursday), 17 and 18 March 2022.The Nutcracker is a ballet for families and children, revealing a fairy-tale world, which has enriched cultural experiences for all age groups, over many generations.Celebrating all the classical features of the original ballet, this production is performed by the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre with choreography from Nina Ananiashvili and Alexey Fedeechev. The wonderful story of the ...

Muscat, 15 Mar (ONA) --- Within the framework of Art and Culture support, the National Museum, represented by the Learning Centre, today inaugurated “Beyond the Form” exhibition by the Artist Reem Al Shaikh. The exhibition will be open to all visitors starting from today till 31 March 2022. In this photographic series, the artist employed a special imaging technique to produce images contrary to what is customary in photography techniques; an image that is not clear and borders are blurred. This unique technique of photography is made by manipulating the time period ...

New York, 14 Mar (ONA)--- William Hurt, the Oscar-winning US actor whose roles ranged from acclaimed 1980s dramas to Marvel films, has died at the age of 71, the BBC reported. Hurt won the best actor Oscar in 1986 for playing a prisoner in a Brazilian jail in Kiss of the Spider Woman. He was nominated two more times in the next two years, for Children of a Lesser God and Broadcast News. In recent years, he has been known as General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross in five Marvel blockbusters. ---Ends/Hilal ...

Seattle, 10 Mar (ONA)--- In its hunt for content, Amazon Prime Video has turned to Nigeria, where it has secured key deals with studios that could shake up business in Africa's most prolific filmmaking hub. In recent months, the US giant has signed exclusive streaming agreements with Inkblot Productions and Anthill Studios, which say the deals will, the CNN reported. Chinaza Onuzo, co-founder of Inkblot Productions, the studio behind domestic hits "The Wedding Party" and "Up North," said the company has signed a three-year licensing deal running through to 2024. ...

Kyiv, 10 Mar (ONA)--- During Covid-19, Ukraine’s population bought books, thanks to a government vaccine initiative. Now there is no time to read, they can still be useful. "I’ve lived in Kyiv since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, and now I’m an internally displaced person again. After a Russian military plane was shot down in front of my windows, my family and I were evacuated to a safer place in Lviv, western Ukraine. As editor of the media outlet Zaborona, I spend days working from our temporary home, collecting evidence of the war", said Katerina Sergatskova, ...

Paris, 10 Mar (ONA)--- A cultural celebration was held in the French capital, Paris, with Omani participation in marking International Women’s Day.During the participation, a poetry collection titled (Good Morning Paris, These are Our Poems) in Arabic and French languages, issued by the All Arab Publishing and Distribution House, was launched. The poetry collection includes poems for the poet Dr. Saida Khater Al Farsi and a number of Arab women poets. The celebration was organized by the All Arab Publishing and Distribution House, the Arab Federation of Journalists ...

Washington, 9 Mar (ONA) --- Activities of the Omani-American Press Forum kicked off here last night with participation of media personnel, academics and writers from the Sultanate of Oman and the United States of America (USA).The forum is being organized by the Omani Journalists Association (OJA) from 8 till 10 March 2022 at the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC) in Washington, USA.The event includes several specialized scientific papers highlighting the Oman-American relations during different periods of history.Further, it includes an associating exhibition and a presentation ...

Muscat, 9 Mar (ONA) --- Aldin Theatre of Culture and Art club will take part in the 3rd Karbala International Festival of Theatre, which will be held in Iraq from 22 to 31 March 2022.The club will participate in the competitions of the festival by staging a play titled “Livelihood”. It will also organize a micro exhibition for Omani literary publications.“Livelihood” addresses daily issues and social circumstances experienced by people in their lives. It also highlights some norms and traditions which pose a burden and hardship in society, featured in a unique, comedic ...

Muscat, 9 Mar (ONA) --- The Royal Opera House Muscat (ROHM) announced the upcoming opera to be performed at the ROHM, L’Elisir d’Amore – The Factory of Ideas, scheduled on 12 March 2022.   The opera, based on the L’Elisir d’Amore composed by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 – 1848) will be performed by the internationally renowned company As.Li.Co Teatro Sociale di Como. Returning to Muscat for the 4th time, the company is widely acknowledged as the most successful touring company developing new and young audiences for opera.   L’Elisir ...

Muscat, 9 Mar (ONA) --- The main committee of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth’s Competition for Clubs in Cultural Creativity today announced the results of the lot for shortlisted performances in the diorama theatre category. The performances will be staged from 26 till 29 March 2022 at the Cultural Centre in Nizwa. The lot resulted in 6 theatrical performances, namely by Oman Club, representing the Governorate of Muscat on 26 March, Masirah Club, representing the Governorate of South A’Sharqiyah on 26 March, Bahla Club, representing the Governorates of ...

New York, 9 Mar (ONA) --- A new book by the million-selling children’s author and visual artist Oliver Jeffers is a blend of art and science and adventure.Jeffers’ “Meanwhile Back on Earth” will be published on 4 October 2022 according to Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers. The book was inspired by an art installation called “Our Place in Space,” a sculpture trail and scale model of the solar system the Irish author worked on with the astrophysicist Professor Stephen Smartt among others. It opens in the United Kingdom this spring.In a statement issued ...

      Muscat, 9 Mar (ONA)--- Erik van Scherpenzeel, a dedicated photographer from the Netherlands, has been able to wholeheartedly document the early stages of Sultanate of Oman’s renaissance, way back from 1970 to 1974. He recently offered his exceptional collection as a special gift to Oman, based on his deep love for the country and on his keenness to enrich its national archives. Actually, his collection illuminates this pivotal era of Oman’s modern history. After his engagement in the1970s, Scherpenzeel visited Oman a second time, in the 1990s, ...

Madrid, 8 Mar (ONA) --- One squally day or stormy night about 1,700 years ago, a boat carrying various consignments of olives, oil and garum, the fermented fish sauce that so delighted the ancient palate, came to grief during a stopover in Mallorca, Spain.The merchant vessel, probably at anchor in the Bay of Palma while en route from south-west Spain to Italy, was quickly swallowed by the waves and buried in the sands of the shallow seabed, according to the British Guardian newspaper. Until last month, its miraculously preserved treasures had lain untouched, despite sitting just 2 ...

Muscat, 7 Mar (ONA) --- The exhibition of traditional Japanese crafts and arts of the Japanese Noh Theater kicked off at the Cultural Club today. During the exhibition, a documentary was played to introduce the details of the Japanese Traditional Noh Theater, which is a classical performance art formed in a dramatic vision. Those performances deal with the nature of life and death and funeral rituals. They also display the crafts, industries and arts associated with this theater, such as fabrics, tea and the making of the Japanese paper fan “Washi”. Activities of the ...

Las Vegas, 8 Mar (ONA)--- Morgan Wallen won album of the year at the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards for “Dangerous: The Double Album. “ To my son, this award will signify that his daddy was a fighter,” Wallen said, finishing his speech by enthusiastically thanking the fans in attendance. Miranda Lambert took home the night’s top prize, entertainer of the year, for the first time after losing out in five previous years, but was not in Las Vegas to accept it, Associated Press (AP) reported. "I cannot believe I’m not there to celebrate", ...

  Muscat, 7 Mar (ONA) ---- The Royal Opera House Muscat (ROHM) has announced the upcoming concert to be performed this Thursday at the Opera House, Donizetti Masterpieces.   The concert, held in celebration of the most popular and wonderful arias, duets and overtures by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 – 1848) and will be performed by the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sergey Smbatyan, with a host of solo artists. The programme explores Donizetti’s opera canon, delving into the emotional depth of his more serious work and celebrating the wit and fun ...

LvIv, Ukraine, 6 Mar ONA) --- The director of Ukraine’s largest art museum walked its hallways, supervising as staff packed away its collections to protect their national heritage in case the Russian invasion advances west. In one partially empty gallery of the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum, employees placed carefully wrapped baroque pieces into cardboard boxes. A few meters away, a group walked down the majestic main staircase carrying a giant piece of sacred art, the 18th century Bohorodchany iconostasis. The doors of the museum in the western city of Lviv ...

Shanghai, 3 Mar (ONA) --- Salvage of a 160-year-old shipwreck, the largest and best-preserved wooden shipwreck discovered underwater in China to date, has begun.This sunken ship, with a large number of cultural relics, was a merchant vessel during the reign of Emperor Tongzhi (1862-1875) in the Qing Dynasty period.Named Yangtze No. 2 Ancient Shipwreck, the ship was found submerged at a depth of 5.5 meters below the seabed in the waters of Hengsha shoal in the northeast of Hengsha island in Shanghai's Chongming District.According to archaeological investigations, the ship is about ...

London, 3 Mar (ONA) --- Ten skeletons and a host of artefacts dating back to Roman times have been uncovered at the site of a new eco-park and football stadium.Archaeologists made the discoveries during a dig on land in Gloucestershire, south west England.Roman coins, pottery and jewellery have also been found as part of excavations ahead of Forest Green Rovers' plans to create its new facility.Cotswold Archaeology, which has been at the site for the past four weeks, said a number of the skeletons were buried close together, indicating that they may be a family who lived at a nearby ...

Amman, 2 Mar (ONA) --- US authorities have returned nine looted artifacts to Jordan that were seized from a US billionaire collector. The artifacts were among 180 items seized by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. The Jordanian Antiquities Ministry and the US Embassy in Jordan held a ceremony in Jordan’s capital, Amman, showcasing the objects that were “illegally smuggled from Jordan and obtained by an antiquities collector in the United States,” the Embassy said in a statement. --- Ends/KH ...

New York, 28 Feb (ONA) --- The Action adventure film "Uncharted" managed to retain its top spot of the box office in North America for the second week in a row, earning USD 23.2 million.The film was produced by Sony, with a cost of USD 120 million. It revolves around a young Nathan Drake teaming up with Victor Sullivan to recover missing old treasure, while one of them seeks to retrieve his family's legacy. The film is Directed by Ruben Fleischer, starring Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, and Antonio Banderas.The comedy film "Dog" maintained its second place, as last week, with revenues of ...

Muscat, 28 Feb (ONA) --- The Royal Opera House Muscat (ROHM) has set up a round of astounding performances for March 2022, such as the engaging acrobatic performance, classical Donizetti followed by Donizetti for schools and families, a delectable sweet-filled ballet and a dramatic musical legend.The sensational performance of Teh Dar from the Bamboo Circus of Vietnam is not to be missed. This awe-inspiring acrobatic musical reflects a phenomenal creativity, rooted in the traditions of tribal inhabitants of the southwestern highlands. With athletic flair and humour, fifteen acrobats ...

Muscat, 27 Feb (ONA) --- The final qualifiers for the last 10 nominated participations in Bilarab Bin Haitham Award for Architectural Design kicked off at the Sultan Qaboos University’s (SQU) Exhibition Hall today. The process will be running through for two days.During the qualifiers, the participants gave detailed presentations on their projects to get assessment on artistic and engineering aspects.The Award’s office announced at an earlier time that 356 participations were received from Oman’s youths who were eligible to take part in the contest. Ten projects, presented by 19 ...

Muscat, 27 (ONA) --- The Diwan of Royal Court launched a book titled (Dhofar: Monsoon Mountains to Sand Seas, Sultanate of Oman). It was launched as part of activities of the 26th version of Muscat International Book Fair. The book is written by Dr. Andrew Spalton and Dr. Hadi Mussalam Al Hikmani. Dr. Al Hakmani, Wild Mammals' Specialist Researcher and co-author of the book, told Oman News Agency (ONA) that the book contains eight main chapters, in addition to a general introduction. He explained that the first chapter of the book considers the great variety of natural ...

Muscat, 27 Feb (ONA) --- Oman Vision 2040 Implementation Follow-Up Unit is taking part in a corner dedicated for "Oman Vision 2040" at the 26th Muscat International Book Fair, which lasts till 5 March 2022.During its participation in the exhibition, the Unit aims at highlighting the efforts exerted to achieve the "Oman Vision 2040" in cooperation with the authorities concerned. It also aims at familiarizing the community with the Vision's document, its themes and national priorities, as well as the mechanisms adopted to follow up the progress of implementing the Vision.Further, the ...

Yorkshire, 24 Feb (ONA) --- After confirming the theft of props from the set of the TV series “The Crown”, Netflix has said there is "no expectation that filming will be held up".The multi-award winning show cast and crew are currently filming the fifth season of the series, which is due to air at the end of 2022.The set items that were stolen from three vehicles are worth around USD 200,000 (£150,000).Netflix has confirmed that antiques have been stolen and they hope that they will be found and returned safely. On the other hand, replacements will be sourced and there is no ...

Muscat, 24 Feb (ONA) --- HH Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham Al Said, Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth opened today the 26th edition of the Muscat International Book Fair at Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre (OCEC). HH Sayyid Theyazin toured the halls of the Book Fair and visited several corners and wings of official establishments and authorities, including those of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth, the Ministry of Information, the National Records and Archives Authority (NRAA), the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, the Ministry of Housing and ...

Dubai, 23 Feb (ONA) --- Palestine's pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020 offers visitors a unique experience to know Palestine through their five senses, by looking at its features, touching the materials that formed Palestine, hearing its tunes, smelling the fragrance of its crops as well as tasting it. The pavilion presents scenes from Old Jerusalem with its streets, neighborhoods and religious landmarks through three-dimensional screens.--- Ends/Hilal/KH ...

Muscat, 23 Feb (ONA) ---- The National Museum displays a statue likely to be a senior administrative official, religious official, or military commander in the Oman and the World gallery, and a model of the satellite station in the Wilayat of Al Amerat in the Timeline gallery. The displayed items are from the royal possessions of the late Sultan Qaboos bin Said, as they were given for the National Museum to be available to all visitors. The statue dates back to the Iron Age, the period known as the Kingdom of Southern Arabia (Yemen), specifically from the areas of ...