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Archive for May 17th, 2007

CANNES, France: The poster certainly looks promising: nine directors and actors caught by the camera in mid-air, jumping to celebrate the Cannes International Film Festival’s 60th anniversary. The festival, which runs from May 16-27, is trying to fly a new concept: levity. But Cannes has always smacked of luxury and glamour, exclusive dinners at the [...]

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Mount Nemrut

Nemrut or Nemrud (Turkish: Nemrut Dağ or Nemrut Dağı, Kurdish: Çiyayê Nemrûd, Armenian: նեմրութ) is a 2,134 meters (7000 ft.) high mountain in eastern Turkey, 40km north of Kahta, near Adıyaman. At the top of Mt. Nemrut, King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene built his tomb-sanctuary along with huge statues (8-9 meters high) of himself, [...]

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