Apr 26th, 2013 at 6:00PM:
Buddhist temples in Thailand are unlike any other in the world. They are intricate, colorful and laden with gold. Mark Fischer took this amazing shot of Wat Pho in Bangkok, putting the golden chedi spires in stark contrast with the night sky. There are dozens of major temples throughout Bangkok, not to mention the spectacular temples throughout the rest of Thailand, such as the amazingly pure ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Photo Of The Day: A Golden Thai Temple
Apr 26th, 2013 at 6:00PM:
Buddhist temples in Thailand are unlike any other in the world. They are intricate, colorful and laden with gold. Mark Fischer took this amazing shot of Wat Pho in Bangkok, putting the golden chedi spires in stark contrast with the night sky. There are dozens of major temples throughout Bangkok, not to mention the spectacular temples throughout the rest of Thailand, such as the amazingly pure ...Ashmolean Museum In Oxford Receives Major Gift Of Renaissance Art
Feb 4th, 2013 at 12:00PM:
Oxford's Ashmolean Museum has received a major bequest in the form of nearly 500 works of Renaissance gold and silver from the collection of Michael Wellby (1928–2012), the museum has announced.
Wellby was a well-known antiques dealer specializing in German and Flemish silver of the 16th and 17th centuries. He ran a shop in London for many years. As is typical with antiques dealers, he ...Russian Ship Carrying 700 Tons Of Gold Ore Goes Missing
Oct 31st, 2012 at 8:00AM: A Russian cargo ship carrying more than 700 tons of gold ore has gone missing off the country's Pacific Coast after sending a distress call a few days back. The ship, which is named "Amurskaya," had a crew of nine aboard at the time and was headed for the island of Feklistov in the Sea of Okhotsk.
The cargo vessel was contracted by a mining company called Polymetal to ship its cargo to a ...Queen of Sheba's gold mine discovered in Ethiopia
Feb 13th, 2012 at 12:00PM:
The gold mine of the Queen of Sheba has been discovered in Ethiopia, the Guardian reports.
A local prospector led British archaeologist Dr. Louise Schofield to a mysterious mine in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region. Schofield believes that this was the source of the Queen of Sheba's fabulous gold, a large pile of which she gave to King Solomon when she visited the Holy Land, as is reported in ...Robert E. Lee's sword to go on display at Appomattox
May 12th, 2011 at 10:00AM: On 9 April 1865, Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant met at Appomattox, Virginia, so that Lee could surrender his Army of Northern Virginia.
This momentous event effectively ended the American Civil War. With Lee and his army gone, the Confederate cause lost hope. General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee on April 26, and in Louisiana General Kirby Smith surrendered his ...Ask Gadling: How do I extend the benefits of my elite status?
May 5th, 2010 at 12:00PM: This week's question comes from Julie in Ann Arbor, Michigan
"This year I have Gold Medallion status on Delta, which I probably won't ever have again. Are there any good programs or perks that I qualify for now that I won't in the future and should consider taking advantage of?"
Gadling: The Gold Medallion status that you've earned on Delta Airlines is a valuable perk. With it, you're entitled ...Gold treasure revealed
Dec 9th, 2009 at 2:00PM: Back in September we reported on an amazing find of Anglo-Saxon gold that had been discovered in England. Now some of the treasure is on display at a free exhibit at the British Museum. The Staffordshire Hoard dates to the 7th or 8th centuries AD, a time when England was a patchwork of small Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. The Anglo-Saxons were great warriors and storytellers and made some of the most ...Miners accused of destroying part of Great Wall of China
Nov 11th, 2009 at 6:00PM: It was built to keep out foreign invaders, but apparently the Great Wall of China can't protect itself from the greed of Chinese corporations.
The Hohhot Kekao Mining Co. is accused of destroying 330 ft (100 m) of China's most famous structure while prospecting for gold. The damage occurred in Inner Mongolia, where the company is prospecting. This stretch of the wall is one of the oldest, ...Museum Junkie: Anglo-Saxon treasure goes on display
Sep 24th, 2009 at 2:30PM: Prize pieces from a huge horde of Anglo-Saxon gold are on display at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. The horde, found in Staffordshire by a metal detector enthusiast, is believed to be the largest such find ever in the UK, rivaling even the famous horde of the Sutton Hoo burial ship, pictured here. The Staffordshire Horde contains 1,500 pieces of gold and silver and appears to be the ...Galley Gossip: A question about packing jewelry
May 15th, 2009 at 9:30AM:
Dear Heather, I meant to ask you before my vacation -- what's your secret for packing jewelry? In what do you pack it and how? Some outfits I have look better with gold, and some look better with silver. Then there's a myriad of "fun" jewelry that include bracelets, necklaces with different charms, earrings to match, etc. The thing about the "fun" jewelry is that it causes the security ...Visitors no longer able to see the world's most expensive toilet (except on video)
Oct 22nd, 2008 at 12:00PM: When Lam Sai-Wing's Hong Kong-based jewelry business, 3D Gold, took off more than a decade ago, he made a rather unusual investment. He built the "Hall of Gold" in one of his showrooms. This unusual and extremely expensive structure was made of six tons of gold. The furnishings included a fully working solid gold toilet. As gold prices rose, Lam began dismantling the hall, melting down the gold ...
Take a shortcut to Hilton Honors Gold Status
Oct 12th, 2008 at 4:00PM: Reaching the upper tiers of any travel related rewards program almost always takes money, time, effort, money and money -- the rewards reaped should only be for the profitable consumer, right? Occasionally, however, programs release shortcuts -- ways that guaranteed high-dollar users can skip up a tier and enjoy the benefits -- so that they can lock in a particular demographic or company. And when ...Band on the Run: The Swelling of Art in Wells, BC
Aug 9th, 2007 at 5:03PM:
The little town of Wells, BC is as cute as they come. It's snug in the valley between several mountains, (one of which is mysteriously called "Island Mountain"), and it's a eastward turn off of highway 97 that connects Prince George, BC with Williams Lake, BC. I had never made that turn until this weekend and it took me along highway 26 for about 90kms into what is an historic hotbed. Here's ...
