“Oceanic Research and Recovery (ORRV) and Deep Blue Marine (DPBE) have jointly released a legal opinion on behalf of ORRV shareholders who received their shares on the basis of a dividend transaction for shareholders of Deep Blue Marine (DPBE). (more…)
A 2,000 year old gold earring inlaid with pearls and precious stones was discovered in excavations that the Israel Antiquities Authority is conducting in the Giv‘ati car park at the City of David, in the “Walls around Jerusalem National Park”. The excavations are being carried out jointly with the Nature and Parks Authority and are underwritten by the Ir David Foundation. (more…)
ScienceDaily (Oct. 6, 2009) — Using a mathematical model to predict population trends based on ancient coin hoards, a UConn biologist and a Stanford University historian have concluded that the population of ancient Rome was smaller than sometimes suggested. Although the first century BC in Italy has been extensively studied, and much is known about the great figures of the era, including Cicero, Caesar, Virgil, and Horace, some basic facts – such as the approximate population size of the late Roman Republic – remain the subject of intense debate. (more…)
ScienceDaily (Sep. 15, 2009) — The largest cache of rare coins ever found in a scientific excavation from the period of the Bar-Kokhba revolt of the Jews against the Romans has been discovered in a cave by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar-Ilan University. (more…)
Use of a multi-axis gradiometer for marine surveys and comparison to single sensor, total field technology. Whitepaper.pdf
Overhauser magnetometers for measurement of the Earth’s magnetic field. Whitepaper.pdf
ScienceDaily (Sep. 22, 2009) — A rare and surprising archaeological discovery at Tel Dor: A gemstone engraved with the portrait of Alexander the Great was uncovered during excavations by an archaeological team directed by Dr. Ayelet Gilboa of the University of Haifa and Dr. Ilan Sharon of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (more…)
SANTO DOMINGO.- The expedition headed by the renown treasure hunter Burt Webber to recover artifacts from the sunken Spanish ship “Solo Dios Gloria” has after almost one month begun to coax fine gold baubles and detailed silver items off the Atlantic Ocean floor, as the Hispaniola Venture salvage boat struggles to remain anchored in the season swells. (more…)
A team of Canadian and U.S. marine archeologists has discovered a long-lost shipwreck in the depths of Yukon’s legendary Lake Laberge that is being hailed as a “national treasure” and a “time capsule” from the Klondike. (more…)
Have you ever wondered why a United States quarter-dollar is called “two-bits”? Or, a half-dollar “four-bits”? Do you know why we call our basic monetary unit “dollar” instead of something else? Two-bits, four-bits, six-bits and eight-bits make reference to the eight-reales silver coin of New Spain and Mexico. It is also called piece of eight and circulated in the English Colonies and freely in the USA following the Revolutionary War. As a matter of fact, the eight-reales coin was legal tender in the United States until 1857 and was the world’s most used coin at one time. It is the renowned piece of eight that became part of the Spanish Main pirate lore. (more…)