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Discovering the king
Cut into the Thebes mountains in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor in Egypt, the cavernous tomb of the Boy King was filled with priceless artefacts.

GRAND HERITAGE
Land of many histories
A special place where three rivers merge, Allahabad has many stories to tell.

Champion potshot
For Raunaq Vazirani, snooker is easily his first love.

Eat right to stay healthy
Diet and exercise are important aspects of treatment.

Techie taffy
With Father's Day round the corner, Techie had a good time looking up how the day to honour fathers came to be. Father's Day is quite a recent phenomenon. As the http://wilstar.com/holidays/fathers.htm site says, "Sonora Dodd, of ...

Party time in the sky
The birds were excited for they had a party to attend. Tortoise got wind of this and more than anything else in the world he wanted to go to the party.

From the past
In 1994, Angola issued a series of stamps portraying a few dinosaurs. The first stamp features the Brachiosaur (1000Nkz), any member of a genus (Brachiosaurus) of sauropod dinosaurs that lived during the late Jurassic epoch in Africa, North ...

Tales on tapestry
Two books that are sure to keep you glued to its pages.

Compelling prose
Bond's Mini Bus volume is indeed a delightful read.

Booknook
Endymion Spring The Past is a Dangerous Beast by Mathew Skelton, Puffin, Rs. 250. 25 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne, David Fickling Books, Rs. 355. 70 Please, Mom, It's my life by Dr. Jaideep Singh Chadha, ...

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