Saga of the Nineveh marbles

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An Assyrian sculpture is traced from Ottoman Mesopotamia to Christies auction house where in 1994 it commanded $11.9 million, the highest price paid for an antiquity at auction. The reliefs were found in 1845 when a young adventurer discovered the remains of the palace of Assyrian King Assurnasirpal II at the ancient Assyrian capital of Kalhu. He secured a number of slabs for his first cousin Lady Charlotte Bertie Guest, who incorporated them into the porch wall of her nineteenth-century country manor in England.

Antiquities, Assyria, Nineveh

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The fifties and the Renaissance in human and mammalian cytogenetics

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Extensive researches and discoveries in the discipline of mammalian cytogenetics were performed between 1956 and 1962. The normal human karyotype and the human chromosome number were established during this period. The genetic cause for several diseases such as Down's syndrome were also discovered during this period. The extensive discoveries of this period stimulated scientists to perform more researches in mammalian cytogenetics, and established it as an important scientific discipline.

History, Cytogenetics

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Nokian Boazabena tires

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Nokian Boazabena cross-country bicycle tires are made of silica-reinforced rubber that sticks well when cornering. Performance is excellent on both soft and hard terrain. They are sold as a matched set for $100.

Evaluation, Product/Service Evaluation, All terrain bicycles, Mountain bicycles, Bicycle tires, Nokian Boazabena (Bicycle equipment)

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