America's national treasures work in different fields, are of different generations, and all have different stories to tell. But all of their stories are that of America itself. Some are media moguls, others are entertainers that nobody can bring themselves to hate. ...
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or a curious collection of religious texts that purport to have been found inside a fish, John Frith’s Vox piscis:, or,, The book-fish : contayning three treatises which were found in the belly of a cod-fish in Cambridge Market, on Midsummer Eue last, anno Domini 1626....
including an ornate sarcophagus found in Menkaure's pyramid. Vyse tried to ship the sarcophagus to England in 1838 aboard the merchant ship Beatrice, but the ship sank during its journey and took the ornate sarcophagus down with it. If the Beatrice is ever found, it may be possible to retri...
A later depiction of Eden is found in one of our copies of John Milton’s epic poemParadise Lost,which has glorious illustrations by Francis Hayman (1708-1776), one of the founding members (and first librarian) of the Royal Academy. Here, in an engraving placed at the beginning of Book ...
Arthur and Rosalinde Gilbert launched a wholesale fashion label - Rosalinde Gilbert Ltd - in London in the 1930s. By 1945, the company had become many high-end fashions, after which the couple moved to California, where they found further success in the real estate industry and purchased a...
The Treasures Gallery can be found immediately up the steps to the left upon entering the library and close at 6 pm Mon.- Fri., and 5 pm at weekends. As with any museum, items may be removed or placed on loan to other institutions. There is also a section near the entrance that is...
Since it was found too delicate and brittle to dismantle, the curators of the palace hid the panels under various materials and wallpaper coverings. But they didn’t succeed in saving it. In less than two days, the Nazis had looted the Amber Room, boxed up the panels and had it...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook treasure (redirected fromtreasures) Also found in:Dictionary,Thesaurus,Idioms,Encyclopedia. in Scotland, treasure found hidden in the ground belongs to the Crown and not to the finder nor the owner of the land. SeeTREASURE TROVE. ...
In the same week that a report found North American airline passengers aren’t so happy withthe state of air travel, flight attendants were praised forbreaking up a fistfighton board a plane going from Taipei to San Francisco. Ad Feedback ...