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Rare British Clock Gifted to Chinese Royals up for Auction
Dec 2, 2015The 18th-century gilded-bronze chime clock by a British craftsman will go under the hammer on Monday. [Photo provided to China Daily] An 18th-century British clock, once kept at a Chinese royal court, is among a dozen antiquities that ...
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Sotheby's Tempts Collectors of Ancient Chinese Art Again
Oct 29, 2015Buyers of ancient Chinese art will reappear in Sotheby's salesroom in Hong Kong next month. The last time Sotheby's auctioned classical ink art in the city was some 15 years ago. More than 50 lots of ink paintings and works of ...
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French Collector Hands Over Another 24 Gold Relics to China
Oct 29, 2015Twenty-four solid gold ornaments dating back almost 2,000 years were returned to China without compensation on Monday, on the grounds that they had been looted from tombs in Gansu province and held by French collectors. Following a similar ...
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US Archaeologists Have Uncovered The Tomb in Southern Egypt
Jan 16, 2014US archaeologists have uncovered the tomb in southern Egypt of a previously unknown pharaoh who ruled 3,700 years ago, antiquities officials said on Wednesday. The discovery by a team from the University of Pennsylvania provides new ...
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Archaeologists Uncovered Three Rare Thjat Believed to Extract Mentioned in Bible
Jan 3, 2014Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have uncovered three rare, Roman-era fabrics dated almost 2,000 years-old, believed to have been dyed using murex snail extracts in unique colors mentioned in the Bible. According to ...
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GWP Protective Announced World's 'First' Trackable Protective Case
Sep 18, 2013According to the protective packaging specialist, the new case, trade name Tracker Case, offers the ability to geographically locate high value items in shipment, in real time, using a varied range of GPS-based tracking technology, if ...
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Steel Is an Alloy Which Essentially Comprises of Iron and Varying Rates of Carbon
May 6, 2013Steel is an alloy which essentially comprises of iron and varying rates of carbon. Elevated carbon steel antiquities and weapons going back to as far as 400 BC have been found in distinctive geographical areas like India and Eastern Africa. ...
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More Than 2.5 Million Tourists Visited Iraq in 2012
Jan 16, 2013Azzaman reports that more than 2.5 million tourists visited Iraq in 2012, most of them on pilgrimage to the country’s holy shrines. Data issued by the Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism show that Iraq has become a top destination ...
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Azzaman Keeps 80,000 Ancient Iraqi Artifacts
Jan 16, 2013Azzaman quotes a senior official at the Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism as saying that the United States still keeps 80,000 ancient Iraqi artifacts and refuses to return them to the Iraq Museum. Hazem al-Shammari said Iraqi ...
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Israel Put 5000 Images of Ancient Biblical Artifacts Online in Partnership with Google
Dec 28, 2012More than six decades since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls - and thousands of years after they were written - Israel has put 5000 images of the ancient biblical artifacts online in a partnership with Google. The digital library ...
Tags: ancient biblical artifacts, Google, digital library, multimedia website
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Cultural Heritage Protection Visited Baghdad From December 17 to 20
Dec 26, 2012A delegation of nine American specialists in the fields of federal law enforcement,justice,and cultural heritage protection visited Baghdad from December 17 to 20,2012,to attend a conference on Countering Antiquities Trafficking. At ...
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The Committee Last Met in February 2012 in Washington, D.C.
Dec 25, 2012Joint Statement of the Iraq – U.S. Cultural and Educational Cooperation Joint Coordination Committee Pursuant to the 2008 Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq, the third ...
Tags: Iraq, Metallurgy, Mineral Energy, JCC
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Google Posted About 5,000 Images of The Ancient Dead Sea Scrolls Online Tuesday
Dec 18, 2012Google,working in partnership with the Israel Antiquities Authority,posted about 5,000 images of the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls online Tuesday. Pieces of the text going online include one of the earliest known copies of the Book of ...
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An Alignment of Program Leds to an Environmentally Sensitive, High-Tech Classroom Building
Sep 12, 2012A serendipitous alignment of program, a compatible historic structure and creativity, have resulted in an environmentally sensitive, high-tech classroom building that is transforming the teaching and learning experience – along with ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, High-Tech Classroom, Educational Experience
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Yue Dai Was Recognized for Her Innovative Contribution to The Home Furnishings Industry
Aug 25, 2012Groovystuff reported that Yue Dai from the Industrial Design Department at Purdue University has been recognized for her innovative contribution to the home furnishings industry by placing first in the ''By Design: Connecting Education and ...
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