Published on May 29th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks
The Met’s Arts and Antiques Unit is returning to Iran hundreds of ancient tiles which once adorned an ancient Arabian Sultan’s tomb. A collector who bought the tiles in “good faith” from a dealer in Dubai ... Read More →
Published on May 29th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks
Even ancient Olympians would seek performance-enhancing substances, gaining a testosterone kick by eating sheep testicles. A physician of the era, Galen, advised Olympians to consume “the rear hooves of an Abyssinian ass, ground up, boiled in ... Read More →
Published on May 29th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks
One of the Earth’s largest extinctions was likely caused 260 million years ago by a massive volcanic eruption in southwest China. The eruptions, which spewed about 500,000 cubic kilometers (120,000 cubic miles) of lava over half ... Read More →
Published on May 29th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks
City leaders and historians in Franklin, Tennessee, are deciding what to do with the remains of a Union soldier discovered at the future site of a fast-food restaurant. That land, the scene of some of the ... Read More →
Published on May 29th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks
GigaPixel photographs, originally developed by NASA, are now being used in various scientific disciplines. Developed by GigaPan systems, a for-profit company, the new GigaPan system allows users to create these superhigh-resolution panoramas with ordinary digital cameras. ... Read More →
Published on May 29th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks
A new study is examining how people adjusted their settlement structures, food procurement strategies, and household architecture in order to cope with climate change. The international study involvess researchers from Britain, Cuba and Canada. Dr Cooper ... Read More →
Published on May 28th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks
Looting of the Roman cities in Libya has run rampant since the country opened to the West in 2003. “There’s been an explosion in looting all over the Mediterranean, but in North Africa it’s really becoming ... Read More →
Published on May 28th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks
An attempt to smuggle a collection of priceless artifacts to the US has been thwarted in Sri Lanka. Director General Archaeological Department Dr. Senarath Dissanayake told the Daily Mirror that out of the 74 items recovered ... Read More →
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