WARSAW (AP).- Polish explorers have retrieved three 18th-century cannons from ship wrecks resting on the Baltic Sea bottom. Iwona Pomian, an expert at the Main Sea Museum in Gdansk, said Monday the three Swedish cannons bear the minting date of 1771 a…
200-Year-Old Shipwreck Champagne Sold at Auction to Anonymous Internet Bidder
MARIEHAMN (AP).- An anonymous Internet bidder on Friday paid €54,000 ($78,200) for two bottles of 200-year-old Champagne salvaged from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, auction organizers said. The buyer from Singapore paid a world-rec…
Champagne from Baltic Sea Shipwreck Up for Grabs at Auction in Finland in June
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Two bottles of champagne, thought to be about 200 years old and part of a cache of 150 salvaged from a 19th century shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, will be auctioned in Finland in June. The cache, which belongs to the government of Al…
Champagne from Baltic Sea Shipwreck Up for Grabs at Auction in Finland in June
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Two bottles of champagne, thought to be about 200 years old and part of a cache of 150 salvaged from a 19th century shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, will be auctioned in Finland in June. The cache, which belongs to the government of Al…
Neues Museum in Berlin Welcomes One Millionth Visitor
BERLIN.- At 11 a.m. on Wednesday, 1 September 2010, Michael Eissenhauer, Director General of the National Museums in Berlin, was delighted to be able to greet Harald Fuchs (48), from near Erlangen, as the millionth visitor to the Neues Museum and hande…
Scientists Say Gulf Diversity Threatened Even Before Oil Spill
WASHINGTON (AP).- The oceans around Australia boast the greatest diversity of sea life on the planet, but the now oil-threatened Gulf of Mexico also ranks in the top five regions for variety of species. And even before the spill, the Gulf was already l…