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Rare Gospel fragment fails to sell at Sotheby's - 
An unusually large fragment from possibly the oldest copy of part of the Gospel of John failed to sell at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday.
- Found: 6 hours ago

Rare Gospel fragment fails to sell at Sotheby's - 
LONDON (Reuters) - An unusually large fragment from possibly the oldest copy of part of the Gospel of John failed to sell at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday.
- Found: 6 hours ago

Acropolis marble taken by soldier is returned - 
Greece welcomed back on Tuesday a marble fragment from a frieze decorating the Parthenon temple which an Austrian soldier removed during World War Two, but renewed a call for all its stolen treasures to be returned.
- Found: 2008-12-02, 19:45 GMT

At Least They've Gotten One Marble Back - 
"Greece welcomed back on Tuesday a marble fragment from a frieze decorating the Parthenon temple which an Austrian soldier removed during World War Two? An inscription on the fragment, measuring 7-by-30 cm (2.8 by 12 inches), says it was taken from the Acropolis in Athens on February 16, 1943 - in the midst of the three-year occupation of Greece by the Axis powers, led by Germany."
- Found: 11 hours ago

Officially returned to Greece... - 
Members of the Dahlgren family from Austria stand next to a fragment of the Acropolis that they officially returned to Greece yesterday during a ceremony in Athens.
- Found: 16 hours ago

Murder, they wrote - 
Last month, Jersey police announced that, so far as they could establish, there was no torture and no murder at the Haut de la Garenne children's care home in Jersey. The widely reported "human remains" (actually tiny bone fragments) were mostly animals, though three were possibly humans who died at least 58 years ago, and maybe more than 500 years ago. A "skull fragment" was a coconut ...
- Found: 2008-12-02, 18:33 GMT

Rare fragment of early copy of Gospel goes on sale - 
An unusually large fragment from possibly the oldest copy of part of the Gospel of John will go on sale next month, when the torn piece of papyrus with Greek writing is expected to fetch up to 300,000 pounds ($460,000).
- Found: 2008-11-28, 16:26 GMT

NASA's Swift Looks to Comets for a Cool View - 
NASA's Swift Gamma-ray Explorer satellite rocketed into space in 2004 on a mission to study some of the highest-energy events in the universe.
-  Found: 1 minute ago

NASA's Swift looks to comets for a cool view - 
( NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center ) NASA's Swift Gamma-ray Explorer satellite rocketed into space in 2004 on a mission to study some of the highest-energy events in the universe. The spacecraft has detected more than 380 gamma-ray bursts, fleeting flares that likely signal the birth of a black hole in the distant universe. In that time, Swift also has observed 80 exploding stars and studied six ...
- Found: 4 hours ago

Ein Schiele-Fragment in Wien: Dritte Mutter - 
In kreuzförmiger Überschneidung malte Egon Schiele Mutter und Kind. Das Fragment des Gemäldes ?Die drei Mütter? wird jetzt im Österreichischen Kunsthandel angeboten - die Details aus Wien. FAZ.NET - Homepage | Politik | Gesellschaft | Wirtschaft | Finanzmarkt | Sport | Feuilleton | Reise | Wissen | Auto | Computer
- Found: 2008-11-29, 06:00 GMT