Tag Archives: Road
The Giant Nephrite Jade Road In Canada
The Polar Pride boulder—called “the find of the millennium” by trade experts—was discovered in 2000. The 18-ton boulder was split in half for carving. Courtesy of Jade West Group. Jade is a commercial term encompassing green, white, black or yellow-brown … Continue reading
Ancient feces provides earliest evidence of infectious disease being carried on Silk Road
Intestinal parasites as well as goods were carried by travelers on the iconic route, say researchers examining an ancient latrine. Strange & Offbeat: Fossils & Ruins News — ScienceDaily
Fossils of TWO 180 million-year-old dinosaurs unearthed beneath road in China
Construction workers building a road in Lufeng County in China’s Yunnan Province have unearthed two 180 million year old fossil dinosaurs. One has been identified as Lufengosaurus magnus (pictured), a long-necked herbivore that would have been around 30 feet (9m) … Continue reading
Ancient feces provides earliest evidence of infectious disease being carried on Silk Road
An ancient latrine near a desert in north-western China has revealed the first archaeological evidence that travellers along the Silk Road were responsible for the spread of infectious diseases along huge distances of the route 2,000 years ago. read more … Continue reading
Nepali textile find suggests Silk Road extended further south than previously thought
The first results of textile and dye analyses of cloth dated between 400-650 AD and recovered from Samdzong 5, in Upper Mustang, Nepal have today been released by Dr Margarita Gleba of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of … Continue reading
Royal Road Minerals Announces Appointment of New Director
Royal Road Minerals Announces Appointment of New Director Prior to that, he worked as Manager for Investment Banking at Toll Cross Securities in Toronto and for Liberty Mutual Group in New York as Senior Consultant – National Market Loss Prevention, … Continue reading