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          President Sheikh Mohamed, then Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, with then President Sheikh Khalifa pictured with officials in front of an Etihad Airbus A330-200 in 2003, two days before its first flight. Photo: Etihad Airways

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          A team from the Kurdistan Centre for Arts and Culture scans books in a village north of Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdish region. Aymen Al Ameri / The National

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          A scale model of a Stegotetrabelodon elephant displayed will be part of the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi's collection. Victor Besa / The National

          The Abu Dhabi 'time machine' going back seven million years

          Art & DesignOctober 28, 2024
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          CultureOctober 27, 2024
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          Art & DesignOctober 25, 2024