ARLINGTON, VA.- Three National Science Foundation-supported researchers recently undertook the first non-Iraqi archaeological investigation of the Tigris-Euphrates delta in nearly 20 years. Archeologists Jennifer Pournelle and Carrie Hritz, with geolog…
Exceptional Collection of Artwork by Swiss Artist Albert Anker to Sell at Hôtel des Ventes
GENEVA.-The estate of Albert Anker’s family will finally go under the hammer at the Geneva-based auctioneers on 9th March without reserve prices. This ensemble of over 55 never-before-seen drawings, sketches and watercolours by Albert Anker was re…
Exceptional Collection of Artwork by the Renowned Swiss Artist Albert Anker to Sell at Hôtel des Ventes
GENEVA.-The estate of Albert Anker’s family will finally go under the hammer at the Geneva-based auctioneers on 9th March without reserve prices. This ensemble of over 55 never-before-seen drawings, sketches and watercolours by Albert Anker was re…
100 Troy Ounce Gold Nugget from California’s Mother Lode Goes to the Auction Block
RENO, NEVADA.- The largest California gold rush nugget left in existence, the 100 troy ounce gold nugget discovered last year in Nevada County, California, will be sold at public auction by Holabird-Kagin Americana this March in Sacramento. Named the &…
100 Troy Ounce Gold Nugget from California’s Mother Lode Goes to the Auction Block
RENO, NEVADA.- The largest California gold rush nugget left in existence, the 100 troy ounce gold nugget discovered last year in Nevada County, California, will be sold at public auction by Holabird-Kagin Americana this March in Sacramento. Named the &…
Remains of Deadly European Dinosaur Discovered
By: Randolph E. Schmid, AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (AP).- Around 70 million years ago a stocky dragon stalked what is now Romania. A new type of dinosaur similar to the frightening Velociraptor — but with two sharp claws on each foot instead of …
Fossils Reveal that Maya People Knew about Prehistory
MEXICO CITY.- Recent interdisciplinary investigations regarding 31 marine fossils found at Palenque Archaeological Zone, in Chiapas, reveal that Maya people conceived their beliefs parting from this kind of vestiges, so their idea of the underworld was…