Michelle Moran's Blog, page 113
December 10, 2009
Newly Found Dinosaur Sheds Light on Dino Origins
By Jeanna Bryner
Hikers in New Mexico stumbled across a few bits of bone, leading to the discovery of a game-changing dinosaur that reveals where it all began.
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Anonymous Donor Drops Two Rare Coins In Salvation Army Kettles
DENVER -- Anonymous donors have dropped three rare – and very valuable - gold coins into Salvation Army kettles over the past week, boosting spirits during a sluggish holiday season.
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December 9, 2009
Rembrandt auction sets £20million world record
Portrait of a man, half-length, with his arms akimbo by Rembrandt which fetched £20,201,250, a world record price for the artist at auction, and the fourth highest price ever for an Old Master painting sold at auction
A Rembrandt masterpiece sold for a record £20million last night. It is the highest price a painting by the Dutch artist has ever fetched at auction, beating the previous amount by £200,000.
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Crofter finds a 'Viking' anchor on the Isle of Skye
The anchor was found near Sleat on the Isle of SkyeA crofter has uncovered what is believed to be a Viking anchor while digging a drain on the Isle of Skye.
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December 8, 2009
Medieval tombstones rise from flames
Medieval tombstones uncovered in a fire which devastated a County Durham church have gone on display.
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Ice Age skull of giant sloth unearthed in Southern California
Many archaeological finds are accidentally unearthed by construction crews, as was the discovery of a 1.8 million-year-old skull of a giant ground sloth in Southern California.
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December 7, 2009
Excavations in Ancient Tegea
The first stage of a five-year (2009-2013) excavation project in Ancient Tegea, near Tripolis, has been completed by an international team of archaeologists led by the Norwegian Institute in Athens in Collaboration with the Greek culture ministry's 38th Ephoria for Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities and 25th Ephoria of Byzantine Antiquities.
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Read the rest here.
HISTORY'S HORRORS IN THE PRESENT: Human traffickers sell sex slave on Britain's busiest street
By Sophie Freeman
Pimps sold a young woman as a sex slave in broad daylight on Britain's busiest shopping street. A brothel owner paid just £3,000 for the Lithuanian victim, a woman in her 20s, in the transaction on London's Oxford Street.
Read the rest on the DailyMail.
To learn more about human trafficking, visit STOPINTERNATIONAL.org
Pimps sold a young woman as a sex slave in broad daylight on Britain's busiest shopping street. A brothel owner paid just £3,000 for the Lithuanian victim, a woman in her 20s, in the transaction on London's Oxford Street.
Read the rest on the DailyMail.
To learn more about human trafficking, visit STOPINTERNATIONAL.org
George Washington letter sells for $3.2M
Miniatures of U.S. President George Washington and his wife Martha made in 1792 by Archibald Robertson. NEW YORK (CNN) -- A letter penned by George Washington praising the new Constitution sold for $3.2 million at an auction, the highest price for a letter by America's first president.
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Ruins of Pompeii now on Google Streetview
This is cool: Google mapped and photographed the ruins of ancient Pompeii in Italy. Pompeii was a Roman city that was covered in volcanic ash after nearby Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D.
