Jul 02, 2024Rob Michiels AuctionsA silver plated dagger and four swords, China, Burma and Indonesia, 18/19th C.€400
Jun 15, 2024Costa Blanca Auctions SLA magnificent Persian dagger with a wootz blade, turquoise, corals, carving, Qajar period, 19th ?.€800
Jun 18, 2024Hannam's Auctioneers LtdAN ANTIQUE MIDDLE EASTERN PERSIAN SILVER INLAID NIELLO DAGGER with bone handle. 27 cm long.£40
Crews uncover prehistoric bone fragment in southwest Florida CAPE CORAL, Fla. (AP) – Crews who were working on an underground utilities extension project in southwest Florida uncovered a bone fragment that could 2.6 million years old.
Bone recovered from shipwreck not from notorious pirate YARMOUTH, Mass. (AP) – A bone fragment recovered from a Cape Cod shipwreck is not from infamous pirate Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy after all.
Lawsuit lands Mongolian dinosaur bone in federal courtDENVER (AP) – A lawsuit in Denver’s U.S. District Court names a “fossilized Tyrannosaurus bataar skull” as the defendant. The legal maneuver essentially repatriates the skull, 67 million years after the dinosaur’s demise, as if it were a living, breathing Mongolian citizen. The giant oval skull with long razor teeth will soon join a worldwide […]
Vatican unveils bone fragments said to be St. Peter’sVATICAN CITY (AP) – The Vatican publicly unveiled a handful of bone fragments purportedly belonging to St. Peter on Sunday, reviving the scientific debate and tantalizing mystery over whether the relics found in a shoe box truly belong to the first pope. The nine pieces of bone sat nestled like rings in a jewel box […]