French-led forces liberated the historical city this week after Islamist militants took control of it last year.
The first room of the exhibit discusses the parallels between the mythic and historical city of Uruk and displays some stunning terra cotta busts and reliefs depicting popular episodes from the epic.
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Farther to the south lies the more affluent community of Margate, once known as South Atlantic City, and home to some of the historical remnants of the city's storied past.
As for Jerusalem, literally every inch of the city holds physical proof of the Jewish people's historical claims to the city.
The draft proposals include shops, restaurants, leisure facilities and enhanced links with historical areas of the city centre.
During the two days, almost 1, 400 people participate in theatre, music, dance and performances organized in the historical areas of the city.
It will take place over four days at many sites in the historical centre of Mexico City, bringing together thousands of participants, including 400 representatives from universities and research centres from more than 25 countries of Latin America, North America, the Caribbean and Europe.
Ms Horn feels that this work is for and about a city of such historical sadness.
The local government declared 12 "preservation zones" in 2004 to give a modicum of protection to the city's historical neighborhoods.
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The Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park in adjacent Johnson City preserves the ranch, as well as the site of his boyhood home.
After a 15-minute walk across this less touristy, yet still historical, part of the city, you will wind up at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.
On the day of the feast, a thousand-strong parade leaves the church of Hunnegem, led by the church dean and city councillors in historical costume.
Manila sprawls east from Manila Bay along the Pasig River, and immediately south of the river is Intramuros, the old walled Spanish town where many of the city's historical sites are found.
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According to the preliminary program, there's a lecture on Mexican pre-Hispanic civilizations and a talk by Slim himself on the restoration of Mexico City's historical center--for which Slim has been reportedly footing the bill.
But in the past few years, two neighbourhoods to the north and south of Old Jerusalem have undergone a spate of new development to keep up with tourist demand, revealing pockets of a modernised city amid otherwise historical sites.
In an increasingly centralised system he has been the instigator of a series of grandiose projects including a Third Bosphorus Bridge across Istanbul, and an underwater tunnel from Asia to Europe that would pump traffic into the city's historical peninsula.
Those who fear that the city's historical buildings are in danger of being literally overshadowed by modern monoliths might take comfort in the global economic crisis, which has caused some of Moscow's most ambitious new developments, including Norman Foster's 600 meter-high Russia Tower and 450 meter Crystal Island building, to be put on hold.
Historical societies, colleges and the city's Fire Department and Department of Buildings none was any help.
Many Berliners believe that tampering with the wall, which is protected as a historical monument, shows how the city's identity is shifting amid development and commercialization.
The city whose historical treasures tend to outshine its thriving and compelling contemporary-design scene is aiming to rectify that, and to make headlines for something other than bad news, by launching the Istanbul Design Biennial, an ambitious pair of exhibitions and related activities that will run through December 12.
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New Orleans has cashed in on their historical calling card as a festive host city.
Then comes the history of places, where the ingathering of people and classes in a single city or state makes a historical whole bigger than any one face within it.
So popular was the maqom system in the ninth and tenth centuries that numerous music schools were founded, mainly by the Jewish community, in the city of Bukhara, the historical and spiritual centre of Shashmaqom.
Mr Anderson said the plan was "a fantastic opportunity to breathe new life into the building", adding that it was "an important landmark in the heart of our city, with outstanding architectural and historical value".
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Ansar Dine, an al Qaeda-linked group claiming control of the city, is blamed for the attacks on historical landmarks.
Only 2% of the ancient city has been excavated, but those buried historical treasures are threatened by encroaching development.
"Unfortunately it is quite common and has been a historical problem for many years, mainly in towns and city centres and some other areas, " said Kevin Beazer, South West regional secretary for the union.
Trips start in Hanoi, where guests explore the city's famed markets, colonial architecture, historical sites and French-influenced restaurants.
In their flight, the nationalists under Chiang-Kai Shek took historical treasures, including most of the contents of the Forbidden City in Beijing - the National Palace Museum in Taipei is an astounding collection of hundreds of thousands of treasures.
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